"Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits." - Charles Darwin

Supplementary videos

Charles Darwin biography (Discovery Education)
Darwin and the Galapagos Islands: 11 frames
Galapagos finches: descent with modification
Finch speciation: research by Martha and Peter Grant on Daphne
Darwin's pigeons: artificial selection
Basilosaurus fossil at University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History
Whales and hippos, oh my: show me the intermediate fossils (University of Nebraska State Museum)
Analogous bird beaks: convergent evolution
Homologous structures: Hox gene in embryos (What Darwin Didn't Know)
Evolution of Cytochrome C gene (on Chromosome 7)
Decoding Neanderthals (PBS Nature 1/9/13)
Platypus genome: evolution of monotremes 180 MYA
Doggy genes and human diseases

Extra credit readings

• Darwin's theory of atoll formation The voyage of the Beagle 1839
• Darwin's study on barnacles Living Cirripedia 1954
• Darwin's experiments on mud on birds' feet The Origin of Species 1859
• Darwin's sexual selection theory best explanation for gender differences Mizzou Weekly 4/22/10
• Darwin's study on plant hormones The Power of Movement of Plants 1881
• Darwin's Earthworm Experiments Broke New Ground NPR 2/12/09
• On the Design of the Vertebrate Retina Origins & Design 6/22/96
• If pharyngeal slits turn into gills, why don't humans have gills? University of Waikato 5/31/11
• A high-quality Neanderthal genome sequence Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology 3/19/13

Additional material

• Find your blind spot

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