Lecture Slides Lecture Topic 01-25-2016 Morphology and Morphometrics 01-27-2016 Ontogeny, Phylogeny, and Heterochrony 02-01-2016 Abiogenesis, Genetic Drift, Genetic Neutral Theory 02-03-2016 Sexual Selection and Models of Geographic Speciation 02-08-2016 Ecological Niches, Facilitation, and Competition 02-10-2016 Niche Conservatism and Common Distributions 02-15-2016 Determinants of Extinction 02-17-2016 Biodiveristy Metrics 02-22-2016 RWorkflow Review 02-24-2016 Fossils and Fossilization 02-29-2016 Taphonomy 03-02-2016 Stratigraphy 03-07-2016 Secular Trends I 03-09-2016 Secular Trends II 03-14-2016 Cambrian Explosion 03-16-2016 Grant Proposal Instructions 03-28-2016 Ordovician Radiation and Extinction 03-30-2016 Devonian Evolution and Extinction 04-04-2016 Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse 04-06-2016 Permian Extinction 04-11-2016 First Half of Triassic-Jurassic Lecture 04-13-2016 Macrostrat 04-18-2016 Second Half of Triassic-Jurassic Lecture 04-20-2016 Mesozoic Revolutions 04-25-2016 End-Cretaceous 04-27-2016 Escalation 05-04-2016 Sixth Mass Extinction