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Evolution Today

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Evolution Today

Лейденский университет, Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Об этом курсе: In this course you will learn how evolution works. You will develop an understanding of evolutionary processes and their formative power. You will see how evolution has shaped biodiversity, and continuously influences our daily life. Evolution impacts human endeavors as varied as medicine, agriculture, psychology, economy, and culture. It is the major unifying principle for biology and a fundamental natural law. In five weeks we will make evolution accessible for you and help you to recognize evolutionary processes around you, in nature as well as in society. We make use of the unique collection of Naturalis, the natural history museum in Leiden, but also take you to the field. Using classical and up-to-date examples, we will show you how scientists address evolutionary questions. In the last module, we will have a look at the future. How will humans evolve? And how do we influence our own evolution and that of other organisms? This course is aimed at anybody with a drive to obtain a deeper, broader, and pragmatic understanding of evolution, including high-school students, BSc (undergraduate) biology students, MSc (graduate) students from other disciplines, medical professionals, conservation officers and educators in museums, libraries, national parks, and schools.

Для кого этот курс: The course is designed for everybody with interest in Evolution or biology in general. All the basics will be covered, so no academic knowledge on this subject is required. It might help when you graduated high school with biology, but it is definitely not necessary. People that like to learn how to do legitimate research in the Natural Sciences are also very welcome to join this course. This course is not meant for philosophical purposes. We do not discourage to discuss this topic on the forum, but our main approach is strictly scientific. We welcome everyone, but if you are not interested to learn about the science of evolution, this course is not for you. This course is free, and will remain free for participants. You can purchase a certificate.


Автор:  Лейденский университет, Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Лейденский университетNaturalis Biodiversity Center

  • Menno Schilthuizen

    Преподаватели:  Menno Schilthuizen, Prof. Dr.

    Naturalis Biodiversity Center and Leiden University

  • Maurijn van der Zee

    Преподаватели:  Maurijn van der Zee, Dr.

    Leiden University

  • Rutger Vos

    Преподаватели:  Rutger Vos, Dr.

    Naturalis Biodiversity Center
УровеньBeginner
Язык
English
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Программа курса
НЕДЕЛЯ 1
Welcome to the course Evolution Today
Great that you are joining us! In this course you will learn about Evolution. Before you start with this course we invite you to first take a look around and meet your fellow learners. We would like to know what brings you here and what you would like to get out of the course. If you encounter any difficulties while studying, please let us know in the forum. For technical difficulties or questions regarding the course certificate, you can always contact the Coursera Learner Helpdesk. Good luck & we hope you will enjoy studying in this course!
6 материалов для самостоятельного изучения
  1. Reading: Meet the instructors & the team
  2. Reading: Welcome to Leiden University!
  3. Reading: Complete our short survey
  4. Reading: Study tips for studying online
  5. Reading: Being successful in an international virtual learning community
  6. Reading: Behaving in an academic way
  7. Discussion Prompt: Introduce yourself
НЕДЕЛЯ 2
Do we change?
In this module, you are going to learn that a very powerful mechanism, natural selection, leads to evolutionary change. We are going to have a detailed look at what is required for this natural selection. And, knowing these conditions, we can judge whether traits in humans are evolving at the moment. This is a surprisingly simple module. I am looking forward to discuss human evolution with you at the end!
5 видео, 5 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 4 practice quizzes
  1. Видео: Introduction
  2. Видео: Natural Selection
  3. Reading: Evolution is Everywhere
  4. Practice Quiz: Natural Selection
  5. Видео: Natural Selection in the Field
  6. Reading: Observe it with your own eyes!
  7. Practice Quiz: Natural Selection in the Field
  8. Reading: Online lab simulated evolution
  9. Видео: Dialogue
  10. Reading: Eyes, HIV and Human Body Height
  11. Practice Quiz: Human Evolution
  12. Видео: Sexual selection
  13. Reading: Science evolves
  14. Practice Quiz: Sexual Selection
  15. Discussion Prompt: Let's talk about human evolution
  16. Discussion Prompt: Let's talk about muscles
  17. Discussion Prompt: Let's talk about our heads
  18. Discussion Prompt: Let's talk about human evolution in general
Оцениваемый: Test your knowledge
НЕДЕЛЯ 3
How do we change?
This is a real puzzle-module. We are going to decipher the language of DNA, and see that mutations in this DNA lead to new variation. As we saw, variation is the raw material for natural selection. Thus, take your pen and pencil and unravel with me the code of your own DNA!
5 видео, 2 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 3 practice quizzes
  1. Видео: Introduction
  2. Видео: DNA
  3. Practice Quiz: E-tivity: translating a short human gene
  4. Видео: Mutation
  5. Practice Quiz: E-tivity: mutations in human genes
  6. Видео: Dialogue
  7. Reading: Imperfect weasels
  8. Видео: Evo-devo
  9. Reading: Gene Switches
  10. Practice Quiz: E-tivity: playing with Hox-genes
Оцениваемый: Test your knowledge
НЕДЕЛЯ 4
Who is this "we" anyway?
In the first two modules, we have asked ourselves whether we experience evolutionary change, and if so, how this change comes about. In this module, we will explore who this "we" is anyway: is it us, the individual? Is it our species? Our genes? Who is in charge here?
6 видео, 5 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 5 practice quizzes
  1. Видео: Introduction
  2. Видео: Levels of Organization
  3. Reading: The false allure of group selection by Steven Pinker
  4. Practice Quiz: Units of Selection
  5. Видео: Selfish Units
  6. Reading: Distinguishing between Selfish DNA and The Selfish Gene
  7. Reading: Selfish cells
  8. Practice Quiz: The Good of the Species
  9. Видео: Supressing Selfishness
  10. Reading: Video lecture on behavioral evolution by Robert Sapolsky
  11. Practice Quiz: Single Round Prisoner's Dilemma
  12. Practice Quiz: Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma
  13. Видео: Promoting Collaboration
  14. Reading: Green beards and eusociality in the Red Imported Fire Ant
  15. Practice Quiz: Hamilton's rule
  16. Видео: Discussion
  17. Discussion Prompt: Let's talk about...
Оцениваемый: Test your knowledge
НЕДЕЛЯ 5
How have we (and haven't we) changed?
In this module, we will take a look at the limitations to evolution. Despite the strength of the process of natural selection, some things simply are not possible. Evolution has to play by the rules, and this module will explore what those rules are.
4 видео, 2 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 2 practice quizzes
  1. Видео: Introduction
  2. Practice Quiz: Similarity and relatedness
  3. Видео: Contingencies
  4. Reading: Contingencies
  5. Discussion Prompt: Can humans evolve better eyes?
  6. Видео: Trade-offs and Compromises
  7. Discussion Prompt: Can you think of other trade-offs?
  8. Discussion Prompt: Trade-offs and sex in bedbugs
  9. Видео: Evolutionary Inertia
  10. Practice Quiz: "Living fossils" and evolutionary inertia
  11. Reading: Interview with Dr. Paul Ewald
Оцениваемый: Test your knowledge
Оцениваемый: Maladaptation
НЕДЕЛЯ 6
How will we change?
In this module, we will have a look at the future. How will humans evolve, and, as our impact on the world increases, how will we affect the evolution of other organisms?
5 видео, 5 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 3 practice quizzes
  1. Видео: How will we change?
  2. Видео: The Future Evolution of Humans
  3. Practice Quiz: Selection in humans today
  4. Reading: Current evolution in humans
  5. Discussion Prompt: Sexual selection in humans today
  6. Видео: Human-Induced Rapid Evolutionary Change (HIREC)
  7. Reading: Videos on fast evolution in guppy fish
  8. Practice Quiz: Cities and caves
  9. Discussion Prompt: Evolutionary rescue and "evolvability"
  10. Видео: Novel Ecosystems
  11. Reading: Op-ed on novel ecosystems from the New York Times
  12. Practice Quiz: Tele-coupling
  13. Видео: Evolutionary Thinking
  14. Reading: An evolutionary computer game ("Niche")
  15. Discussion Prompt: Cancer cells adapting
  16. Reading: Complete our short survey
Оцениваемый: Test your knowledge
Оцениваемый: Final Exam of the Course
Оцениваемый: Discover HIREC where you live

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Лейденский университет
Leiden University is one of Europe's foremost research universities. This prominent position gives our graduates a leading edge in applying for academic posts and for functions outside academia. Leiden University is the oldest university in the Netherlands. It was founded in February 1575, as a gift from William of Orange to the citizens of Leiden after they had withstood a long siege by the Spanish. Our motto is: Praesidium Libertatis — Bastion of Liberty.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Naturalis is the natural history museum of the Netherlands and the national research institute in biodiversity. We collect, conserve and study animals, plants and rocks. Our collection now contains 37 million objects and that makes it one of the largest in the world. And it is still growing each day thanks to the worldwide fieldwork of our researchers and many amateur scientists.
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Оценка 4.4 из 5 по 81 отзывам

PH

A good course with interesting information. The only issue was on genetic codes.Cordons should have been marked off for ease of answering questions, a few of which were poorly worded. But overall, very good.

SB

This course really made me think about evolution. :) Would recommend this course!

MK

not overly demanding so far but really interactive and interesting. 5/5

Marcus Vinicius Bonafé Cabral

Sensacional, muito bom. Mas poderia estar na língua portuguesa, traduzido para o português do Brasil.



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