You will be working in pairs to research one of the following people and one of the topics listed below. Remember to define any terminology associated with your project (example: microevolution; tautology). We will be discussing the results of your project in class as small groups. You and your partner must know both your person and your topic equally well.
Your job is to determine what contributions the person made to the study of evolution. When and where did he live? How did his ideas and work affect the current model of evolution?Then take the quiz! A. Alfred WallaceB. Aristotle
C. Charles Darwin
D. Charles Lyell
E. Erasmus Darwin
F. Fred Hoyle
G. Georges Louis de Buffon
H. H.S. Lipson
I. James Hutton
J. Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
K. John Thomas Scopes
L. Michael Denton
Interview with Michael DentonM. Pierre Paul Grasse
N. Robert Jastrow
O. Stanley Miller
P. Thales
Q. Willard Libby
Find the significance of the following subjects in the study of evolution. What is it? How does it support or refute the current evolutionary model? How is it used or explained by evolutionists?A. ArchaeopteryxB. Bombardier beetle
C. Carbon 14 dating
D. Coal formation
E. Gradualism and Punctuated Equilibrium
F. Kansas Board of Education
Review of the 1999 DecisionG. Liaoning fossils
Dinosaurs Are Not Extinct: Their Descendents Fill the Sky: National Geographic's first report about feathered dinosaursDinosaurs Raise a Flap: National Geographic's report about feathered dinosaurs
Feathered Dino Fossils Promnpt New Look at Creatures
Dino-bird fossil controversy: National Geographic's retraction about forged fossil
High-flying dinosaur's wings clipped: article from The Guardian
Dinosaur-bird link smashed in fossil flap: article from USA Today
H. Mokele-Mbembe
What is Mokele-Mbembe?I. Mount Saint Helens
Mount Saint HelensJ. Pangaea
PangaeaK. Piltdown man
Piltdown manL. Radiometric dating
Radiometric datingM. The Scopes Monkey Trials
N. Speciation
O. Trilobites
Trilobites