sexta-feira, 7 de novembro de 2008

Understanding Evolution

NESCent and Understanding Evolution collaborate to bring you monthly Evolution in the News stories and podcasts. The stories, along with links to background literature and classroom resources are available on the Understanding Evolution site and the podcasts are available here.

The New Shrew That's Not...
This podcast provides information about the geographic location of the grey faced sengi habitat, and the phylogenetic classification of sengis with the Afrotheria - a group that includes elephants, dugongs, tenrecs and aardvarks. Dr.s Kathleen Smith and Samantha Price of NESCent provide additional insight into the historical biogeography and phylogenetic classification of these organisms in an interview, as well as the concept of "living fossils" and how ideas develop and change in science.
Additional Resources: Elephant Shrews
Video and phylogenetic information from the Peabody Museum's "Travels in the Great Tree of Life."