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Teaching Evolution within an Advanced-Undergraduate Paleontology Course

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2017

Roger J. Cuffey
Roger J. Cuffey*
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Department of Geosciences, 412 Deike Bldg., Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
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Abstract

Evolution seems most convincingly presented as a final unit in a comprehensive paleontology course, because the students by then will have learned about the procedures and data necessary to understand the relevant evidence. Transitional fossils, their logical implications, and the mechanisms of evolution should be particularly emphasized. Questions may still remain in some students' minds after presentation of the evidence, and devoting a full day to student questions helps them resolve many issues.

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