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| Topics | Description |
|---|---|
| Species Concepts | A somewhat more modern view of delimiting species. I'm not a fan, personally. |
| Mophometrics | A fairly technical review of morphometrics from the perspective of anthropology. |
| Phylogenetics | A fairly technical review of different phylogenetic methods. |
| Abiogenesis | A gentle read on different abiogenesis hypotheses. |
| Genetic Neutral Theory | A good reivew of genetic neutral theory, but a bit bogged down in polemics. |
| Ecological Niche | Currently the flagship ecological niche synthesis, but is perhaps becoming a bit out of date. |
| Small-Scale Taphonomy | A classic review of various taphonomic concerns that paleontologists have to wrestle with. |
| Time Averaging | A more in depth review of the issue of time-averaging. |
| Large-Scale Taphonomy | Another classic review of taphonomic concerns. There is some noticable overlap with the Small-Scale Taphonomy review, but still a great read. |
| Diversity Partitioning | A basic review of Alpha, Beta, and Gamma diveristy partitioning review. It gets some things about Shannon's Entropy and Gini-Simpson incorrect, but otherwise it is a very easy to read review. |
| Topics | Description |
|---|---|
| Cambrian Explosion | A fairly gentle read on the Cambrian Explosion. It is not as long as it first seems, as there are some extra pages at the end. |
| Ordovician Radiation | Not exactly a true "review" paper in the traditional sense, but fairly short and easy to read. |
| Late Ordovician | A classic review paper of the Late Ordovician extinction, but a tad out of date. |
| Terrestrial Plant Evolution | A bit on the old side, but packed full of great information. |
| Therapsid Evolution | The first student to email me the three main subgroups of Theriodontia gets one point of extra credit. |
| End Permian | A relatively short review of the end-Permian extinction. It is not very comprehensive, but is better than nothing. |
| Foraminifera Revolution | Planktic Foraminfera are really important for ocean systems. |
| End Cretaceous | Not the best review for a paleontology course, as it has a strong ocean geochemical slant. |
| Late Eocene | A smaller mass extinction that was not covered in class, but is interesting in its own right. |