Evolution
Evolution is a simple mechanism with enormous consequences, and most confusion about it comes from a handful of phrasings that suggest purpose where there is none. This course states the mechanism plainly and then looks at the evidence.
What you'll learn
10 chapters, then the quiz
- 01The mechanismThree conditions, one consequence.
- 02Where variation comes fromMutation and shuffling.
- 03SelectionFiltering, not striving.
- 04ChanceNot everything is an adaptation.
- 05How species formDivergence and barriers.
- 06The evidenceSeveral independent lines agreeing.
- 07Common misunderstandingsWhere the arguments come from.
- 08Deep timeThe scale that makes it work.
- 09Human evolutionA bush, not a ladder.
- 10Why it matters practicallyEvolution as a working tool.
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