Sagas of the Children of Time: The Importance of Phylogenetic Teaching in Biology

Sagas of the Children of Time: The Importance of Phylogenetic Teaching in Biology

Journal: Evolution: Education and Outreach
DOI 10.1007/s12052-010-0268-3
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Daniel R. Brooks
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G5, Canada
Abstract
Theodosius Dobznahnsky said nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution. Nothing in evolution makes sense except in the light of the historical emergence of species. Species are the biological “children of time.” If we seek to understand them, historical narratives are essential elements of our causal explanations. Phylogenetic systematic analysis provides the Rosetta Stone for uncovering that narrative.

Keywords
Children of time, Phylogenetic narrative, Teaching, Evolution, Historical explanations

The Annual New Zealand Phylogenetics Meeting

Leigh 2011

The Annual New Zealand Phylogenetics Meeting

Sunday 6th - Friday 11th February, 2011

Overview:

The 15th annual New Zealand meeting on the interface of mathematics and biology in the study of phylogeny, genome analysis and molecular evolution will be held at Leigh. It will be summer in New Zealand, so expect temperatures in the mid-20s to 30s Celsius. There's heaps to do, including diving and fishing. More information on the Leigh By The Sea website.

The meeting will be held at the The Leigh Sawmill Café.

WEBSITE: http://www.math.canterbury.ac.nz/bio/events/leigh2011/

Frontiers in Biodiversity: a Phylogenetic Perspective

A two-day international symposium on frontier biodiversity research in a phylogenetic framework
Barcelona, Spain, October 1st and 2nd, 2010.
You are kindly invited to attend the international symposium “Frontiers in Biodiversity: a Phylogenetic Perspective”, which will be held in Barcelona, Spain, the 1st and 2nd of October 2010. This symposium is co-organized by the Biodiversity Research Institute of the University of Barcelona (IrBio), the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE, CSIC-UPF) and the Zoological Systematics and Evolution research group on the occasion of the International year of Biodiversity.

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