Monthly Archive: February, 2013

The pdf of the lecture notes for week 5 can be found here: 2013_LifeThruTime_Lect5 Classifying species An interesting overview of fossils and the species concept can be read here. The International Code on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) explains why Carl von Linne/Carolus Linnaeus is the type specimen of Homo sapiens here. The Natural History Museum, meanwhile, explains the taxonomy of Neanderthals...

A pdf of the slides from class 4 can be downloaded here: 2013_LifeThruTime_Lect4 The article that suggested a link between meteorite impacts and the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event can be read here. A post on the Ordovician Fezouata fauna of Morocco, which contains amazing ‘Cambrian’ fossils, can be read here. What is a species? We will examine this further in...

The lecture notes for the 3rd class – the Cambrian Explosion – can be downloaded here: 2013_LifeThruTime_Lect3 A University of Maryland website discussing ‘The Long Fuse of the Cambrian Explosion’ can be found here. High-quality artist’s impressions of the weirdos of the Cambrian can be found on National Geographic here. The fantastic Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) website about the Burgess...