Darwinian Revolution — Unit 5
HUMAN EVOLUTION

  • Primate evolution
            Primates*      
  • Primate characteristics
  • Catarrhini
  • Evolution of hominoids:  pongids vs. hominids
  • Tools & human evolution

  • Races and racism        
    ABO Blood Groups
                Races*       Races article      

  • Cultural evolution and future evolutionary prospects:
  • Evolutionary mechanisms that perpetuate genetic diversity:
    • Heterozygote advantage (leads to balanced polymorphism)
    • Selection by predators or pathogens
    • "Rare male" effects
  • Genomics and Darwinian medicine.
  • Pathogens and the "evolutionary arms race".


Syllabus
Prev rev. Apr. 2014 Next