Evolution Lectures

• What is evolution?
• The selfish gene
• Adaptation
• Adaptive behaviour
• The Extended Phenotype
• Arms races - Sex and the Red Queen
• The Origin of Species
• Neutral Evolution
• Phylogenetic reconstruction
• Tempo & Mode
• The role of chance
• The Origin of Life
• The Evolution of Cells
• The Evolution of Multicellularity
• The Cambrian Explosion
• The Colonisation of Land
• Ending evolution: from mammals to Gaia