This week I started the Animal Behavior Course with edX, and I am enjoying the topics and format of the class very much. The class is self-paced which is great, and there are lots of videos along with interactive assignments.
The first assignment given by the course was to go for a walk and observe all animal life, including humans. The responses are written in a discussion forum.
My response:
After every video, there are one or two multiple choice questions.
The first assignment given by the course was to go for a walk and observe all animal life, including humans. The responses are written in a discussion forum.
My response:
Some facts from the first video/topic:
- Evolution unifies all biology
- Helps understand animal behavior
- Biological evolution - descent with modification
- Assumes all living things have a common ancestor
- More than 67,000 vertebrate species, and over 1.3 million invertebrate species have been discovered since humans started recording them
- Phylogeny - evolutionary relationships
- Three main processes of modification: mutation, genetic drift, and natural selection.
- Mutation - randomly occurs
- Genetic Drift - random
- Natural selection - not random
Chickens?
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