Course & reading schedule1320
Darwinian Revolution, Fall 2019
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Thur22-Aug
Introduction to course – why study Darwin?
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Tue27-Aug
Evolutionary thinking before Darwin
Genesis 1-2 http://www.biblestudytools.com/nrs/
Farber, P.L. 2000. “Collecting, classifying, and interpreting nature: Linneaus and Buffon, 1735-1788.” In: Finding Order in Nature. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 6-21. (find paper below)
Lamarck, J.B. 1809. “Of species among living bodies and the idea that we should attach to that word.” In: Zoological Philosophy. Translated by Hugh Elliot, 1984. University of Chicago Press. pp. 38-40; 43-45. (find paper below)
Thur29-Aug
The young Charles Darwin
Darwin’s Autobiography, p. 21-82.
http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=text&itemID=F1497&pageseq=1
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Tue3-Sep
The voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle: The early years
Lyell, C. 1830. Principles of Geology. Chapters 1 and 6. Available online at: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33224
Darwin, C. 1839. The Voyage of the Beagle. Chapters 1-3.
Thur5-Sep
The voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle: Patagonia and Falklands, Tiera del Fuego
Darwin, C. 1839. The Voyage of the Beagle. Chapters 9-10.
Daily Mail article on nineteenth century travel guides: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2733416/The-riotously-PC-travel-guides-The-informed-detailed-authoritative-unguardedly-rude-Baedeker-Guides.html
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Tue10-Sep
The voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle: Galapagos, Tahiti, New Zealand
Darwin, C. 1839. The Voyage of the Beagle. Chapters 17-18.
Thur12-Sep
The voyage of the BIOL 1320 class: Class will be held at Brackenridge Park
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Tue17-Sep
Science journalism in the 1840s
Chambers, R. 1844. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. University of Chicago Press. pp. 222-235. (find paper below)
Secord, J.A. 1989. “Robert Chambers and Vestiges.” In: History, Humanity, and Evolution. Cambridge University Press. pp. 166-188. (find paper below)
**DUE: Brackenridge Park journal
Thur19-Sep
Getting “scooped”: Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace
Darwin, C. and A.R. Wallace. 1858. Proceedings of the meeting of the Linnean Society held on July 1st, 1858. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society-Zoology. (find paper below).
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Tue24-Sep
The Origin: Variation in plants and animals
Darwin, C. 1859. On the Origin of Species. Chapters 1-3. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2009
Thur26-Sep
Guest lecture by Dr. Judith Norman, Philosophy: Nineteenth century German philosophy and Darwin
Chapter 1 of the Communist Manifesto:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch01.htm
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Tue1-Oct
The Origin: Natural selection
Darwin, C. 1859. On the Origin of Species. Chapter 4.
Thur3-Oct
The Origin: Difficulties with the theory
Darwin, C. 1859. On the Origin of Species. Chapters 6, 9, conclusion in 14.
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Tue8-Oct
Exam 1
Thur10-Oct
Are humans still evolving?
Jones, S. 2010. “The evolution of Utopia.” In: Darwin. Cambridge University Press. pp. 104-120. (find paper below)
Balter, M. 2005. Are humans still evolving? Science 309: 234-237. (find paper below) ------------------------------------------------------
Tue15-Oct
Artificial selection in the modern world: Poster presentations
**DUE: Artificial selection poster
Thur17-Oct
The Descent of Man: Race
Darwin, C. 1871. The Descent of Man. Chapter 7
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2300 Barnshad, M.J. and S.E. Olson. 2003. Does race exist? Scientific American 289: 78-85. (find paper below)
Gibbons, A. 2014. “Shedding light on skin color.” Science 346: 934-936. (find paper below)
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Tue22-Oct
The Descent of Man: Sexual selection
Darwin, C. 1871. The Descent of Man. Chapter 8 and chapter(s) on taxa of
choice (9-18).
Thur24-Oct
The Descent of Man: Sexual selection in humans
Darwin, C. 1871. The Descent of Man. Chapters 8, 19-21.
Buss, D.M. 1994. The strategies of human mating. American Scientist 82:238-249. (find paper below) DUE: Proposal for paper on Darwin’s influence in “your” field
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Tue29-Oct
Implications of “social Darwinism”: Eugenics
Pearl, R. 1908. Breeding better men. The World’s Work. January 1908: 9818-9824. (find paper below)
Davenport, C.B. 1921. Comparing social traits of various races. School and Society 14:344-348. (find paper below) Dight, D.F. 1926. The need for the application of eugenic measures for the
prevention of crime and race betterment. The Journal-Lancet Dec. 1, 1926: 1-3. (find paper below)
Brechin, G. 1996. Conserving the race: Natural aristocracies, eugenics, and the U.S. conservation movement. Antipode 28: 229-245. (find paper below)
Thur31-Oct
Emotions and evolution: How expressions are produced
Darwin, C. 1872. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. Chapters 1-3.
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Tue5-Nov
Emotions and evolution: Expressions in animals
Class will be held at the San Antonio Zoo.
Thur7-Nov
Emotions and evolution: Human expression
Darwin, C. 1872. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. Chapters 4-5.
Darwin, C. 1872. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. Two chapters of your choice (from 6-13); and Chapter 14.
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Tue12-Nov
Guest lecture by Dr. Jennifer Mathews, Anthropology; The Descent of Man: Introduction to human evolution.
Class will be held in Storch 011.
Darwin, C. 1871. The Descent of Man. Chapters 1-3.
Thur14-Nov
Exam 2
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Tue19-Nov
Modern studies of evolution; “Evolution in the flesh”
Weiner, J. 1994. The Beak of the Finch. Vintage Books. Chapters 1-5. (you will need your own copy of this book)
Thur 21-Nov
Guest lecture by Dr. Betsy Tontiplaphol, English: Darwin’s influence on Nineteenth century British literature
Reading TBA
(Dr. Murphy gone to conference today, so class will be run by Dr. Tontiplaphol)
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Tue26-Nov
Modern studies of evolution
Weiner, J. 1994. The Beak of the Finch. Vintage Books. Chapters TBA.
**DUE: Final paper on Darwin’s influence in “your” field
Thur28-Nov
Thanksgiving Break, no class
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Tue3-Dec
TBA
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Thur11-Dec
Final exam, 8:30am-12:30; normal room