I've mentioned before on the list that we've started a process that we call
the Evolutionary Biology Lecture of the Week series.
Over the last several years, we've recorded approximately 200 excellent talks
on evolutionary biology and we're presenting them now over the internet, one
lecture a week ias a Lecture of the Week.
These talks center primarily around evolutionary biology, in all of its
aspects: cosmology, astronomy, planetology, geology, astrobiology, ecology,
ethology, biogeography, phylogenetics and evolutionary biology itself, and are
presented at a professional level, that of one scientist talking to another.
All of
the talks were recorded live at conferences.
Each week's talk is available at:
http://aics-research.com/lotw/
I'm mentioning this series again to the group because this week's talk and
the several to follow should be of special interest to ecologists. They are:
Planetary-scale Patterns:
o April 17: David Jablonski (Chicago) on the latitudinal diversity
gradient
o April 24: Stuart Pimm (Duke) on extinctions and first contacts
Life-altering Events:
o May 1: Andrew Knoll (Harvard) on macroevolution and trends in the
evolution of life following catastrophes
o May 8: David Catling (Washington, Seattle) on the evolution of
planetary atmospheres and snowball earths
The subjects to follow in the subsequent weeks will be on themes such as
"Alternate Earths: Why Did Things Go Right Here?" and "Looking for Life
Elsewhere."
Wirt Atmar
