Biol 350

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Natural Selection

von Addisyn Schuster

The Economy

von BELEN GARCIA

Biological Evolution

von leilla shaaban

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

von Shreet Shah

Industrial revolution

Coal/oil production

Fossil fuel energy

Floating topic

Mass Extinction

Climate Change

Decline in species diversity and human health

Agricultural revolution

Metallurgy

Domestication of horses

Wheeled vehicles

First written text

The Great Forgetting

Environmental effects

Factory farming

Plant and animal domestication/irrigation

Permanent settlements

Government, trade, and commerce

Specialization of individuals

Class divisions/sexual inequalities

More conflict

Natural disasters

Biol 350

How did we get here?

Becoming Human and Discovery of Self

Bipedalism

More meat consumption

Larger brain size

Prolonged periods of childcare

Social intelligence

The Great Leap Forward

The Mind's Big Bang

Spoken language

Formation of empires

Barbarism/genocide

Infectious disease/resistance

Empire expansion

The Renaissance

Modern inventions

Religion

Religious wars

Fall of Rome

Art

Stone tool use

Fire

Increased socialization

Geographical expansion

Geographical isolation

Xenophobic hostility

Extinction of Neanderthals

Local phenotype variation and adaptation to local climates

Darwin's Theory of Evolution

Natural Section

Heritability

Evolutionary fitness

Depends on genetic variance

Mutations

Sexual reproduction

Acts on traits

Influenced by environment

Where are we now?

State of our civilization

Problems of output

The Great Acceleration

Growing population

Increased demand for resources

Pollution

Increased carbon emissions

Waste

Unclean water

Problems of input

Shortage of resources

Acceleration of mineral extraction

Agricultural land

Water

Food