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Keep An Open Mind:
“Sit down before fact as a little
child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly
wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn
nothing”
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895)
"There is not the slightest indication
that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom
would have to be shattered at will." Albert Einstein, 1932
Lecture Notes:
Last updated
as of 12:10 PM, Sunday, April 7, 2013
Live Webcams on Parental Care Behavior:
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Phoebe Hummingbird live cam
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Eagle
live cam
Interesting Papers:
·
Teaching in Wild Meerkats
· How Baboons Think (Yes, Think)
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Do Chimps Have Culture?
· Temperature
Dependent Sex Ratio in a Bird
Study Guides:
Ø Exam I
Ø Exam
2
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Exam
3
Ø Final Exam
Week
1:
Lectures: Natural
Selection
DNA, Genes and Mutations
Lab: Safety Talk;
Video: Orca Attacks on Grey Whales
Week 2:
Study Guide for Quiz 1
Lectures: More on genes and
variation in populations
Proximate
and Ultimate Perspectives on Behavior
More on Proximate Perspectives
– Part 2
Lab: Evolution and Dot Populations
Week 3:
Study guide for Quiz
Lectures: Innate Behaviors vs. Learning
Learning – Part 2
Lab: Owl Pellets
Week 4:
Study guide for
new quiz
Lectures: Learning – Part 3 - Nature vs. Nurture
Lab: Exam 1 (Exploration 1)
Week 5:
Lectures: Do Animals Have
Culture?
Sexual
Selection – Part 1
Sexual
Selection – Part 2
Lab: Presentations 1,2,3 and 4
Week 6:
Lectures: Sexual Selection – Part 3 Sexual Selection – Part 4
Mating Systems
Lab: Presentations 5,6,7 and 8
Week 7:
Lectures: Unwanted Parental Care
Lab: Super Pride of the Serengeti Presentations
9, 10, 11 and 12
Week 8 :
Lectures: and Kinship Issues – Who we do things for?
Lab: Exam 2 Presentations
13, 14, 15 and 16
Week 9 :
Lectures: Jeff
Rash’s Talk
Lab: Holiday
Week 10:
Lectures: Anti-Predator Behaviors and Methods; Giant Asian Hornets AND Defense
against predators
Lab:
Human Pheromone Lab – Our Sweaty T-Shirts! and Presentations 17, 18, 19 and
20
Week 11:
Lectures: What is a swarm?
Lab: Presentations 21, 22, 23 and
24
Video Clips:
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Dawson’s
Bees – Intrasexual Selection example
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Runaway
Selection Selection
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Culture
in Japanese Snow Monkeys
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