Due date	Section 3 Assignments
Due 13 April 2011	Reading 1: Mechanisms of Large-Scale Evolutionary Trends:  Focus on the sections in the orange boxes, skim the rest.
Due 13 April 2011	Reading 2: Quantifying Passive and Driven Large-Scale Evolutionary Trends: Focus on the sections in the orange boxes, skim the rest. <-- Gould's argument from one of your earlier readings this semester is cited in this paper.
Due 22 April 2011	Irreducible complexity reading and assignment

Day	Slides
1	11 April 2011: Macroevolution: The fossil record and evolutionary trends
2	13 April 2011: Dr. John Groves, "Analysis of a large-scale evolutionary trend: Foraminiferal size, oxygen, and photosymbiosis"
3	15 April 2011: Models of change in the fossil record (gradualism vs. punctuated equilibria)
4	18 April 2011: Gradualism, punctuated equilibrium, and stasis
5	20 April 2011: Evolution of complex characters
6	22 April 2011:  Discussion:  "Irreducible Complexity".  Reading and assignment.  Supplemental info.
7	25 April 2011:   Adaptive Radiations
8	27 April 2011:  Knowing ourselves
9	29 April 2011:  Human paedomorphism and evolutionary psychology
	Test on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 10:00 am.  This test will be about 100 points and will cover section 4 material.   The cumulative portion of the exam has been replaced with an optional take-home assignment.
	Cumulative exam replacement assignment (optional).