Pericles Posted February 4, 2010 Posted February 4, 2010 I need links to help me understand evolutionary biology and zoology. I'm going to start a university course in biology (I'm yet to decide what I wan't to specialise in) and I have no prior knowledge on these topics, apart from the fact that I am deeply interested in them. I took high school biology for granted and now 4 years after graduating I'm starting back at square one. All I need is basic info for an idiot: links, books, academic papers etc. Nothing too complicated just info to get me started then I will branch out into the difficult stuff. Any help, comments or support will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Mokele Posted February 4, 2010 Posted February 4, 2010 In what sense? I mean, very broadly, zoology studies animals, and animals evolve. Any study of biology involves evolution. If you're after organism-level animal biology in an evolutionary context, try Pough's Vertebrate Life. You can get the older editions for cheap, and they're very good (editions are just a way for textbook companies to scam you out of money). 1
Pericles Posted February 5, 2010 Author Posted February 5, 2010 Thanks Mokele. I was looking to either study primatology or entomology. Do you know of any good books or links on these? And I guess anything on evolution for the layman.
liarliarpof Posted February 8, 2010 Posted February 8, 2010 Check out the Wiki piece on, 'Molecular Phylogeny'. Though more 'top-down', you may find it enlightening.
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