Chapter contents:
Evolution and the Fossil Record
– 1. Natural selection
– 2. Species and species concepts
– 3. Speciation
– 4. Punctuated equilibria and stasis
–– 4.1 Videos about punctuated equilibrium and stasis ←
– 5. Macroevolution
–– 5.1 Hierarchies
–– 5.2 Species selection
–– 5.3 Abiotic vs. biotic causes of macroevolution
–– 5.4 Evolutionary radiations
Credits: The 20 videos below were developed by the students in Professor Bruce S. Lieberman's Biology 599 class at the University of Kansas in the Spring semester of 2022. The videos introduce the idea of punctuated equilibrium and describe its connections to modern macroevolutionary theory.
Page last updated on May 19, 2022.
Punctuated equilibria, Part 1: An introduction. This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Luke Smith (YouTube).
Punctuated equilibria, Part 2: Punctuated equilibria and phyletic gradualism. This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Makyia Flowers-Tolliver (YouTube).
Punctuated equilibria, Part 3: An overview. This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Annie Kaufman (YouTube).
Punctuated equilibria, Part 4: Punctuated equilibria is testable. This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Rachel Wakefield (YouTube).
Punctuated equilibria, Part 5: Stasis is data. This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Yahaira Saliceti (YouTube).
Punctuated equilibria, Part 6: Punctuated equilibria and speciation. This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Makyia Flowers-Tolliver (YouTube).
Punctuated equilibria, Part 7: Punctuated equilibria and allopatric speciation. This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Noah Kahn (YouTube).
Punctuated equilibria, Part 8: Punctuated equilibria and phenotypic change. This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Puritiee Soto (YouTube).
Punctuated equilibria, Part 9: Is speciation gradual? This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Jonathan Boyd (YouTube).
Punctuated equilibria, Part 10: Punctuated equilibria and genetic change. This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Yahaira Saliceti (YouTube).
Punctuated equilibria, Part 11: Is speciation adaptive? This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Isabella Del Muro (YouTube).
Punctuated equilibria, Part 12: Are species real? This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Noah Kahn (YouTube).
Punctuated equilibria, Part 13: The fossil record. This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Makyia Flowers-Tolliver (YouTube).
Punctuated equilibria, Part 14: Microevolution & macroevolution. This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Emily Tran (YouTube).
Punctuated equilibria, Part 15: Trends. This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Yahaira Saliceti (YouTube).
Punctuated equilibria, Part 16: Hominid evolution. This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Makyia Flowers-Tolliver (YouTube).
Punctuated equilibria, Part 17: Examples in other areas. This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Payton Million (YouTube).
Punctuated equilibria, Part 18: Mechanisms of stasis. This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Jonathan Boyd (YouTube).
Punctuated equilibria, Part 19: Mechanisms of stasis. This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Rachel Wakefield (YouTube).
Punctuated equilibria, Part 20: Mechanisms of stasis. This video features University of Kansas Biology Senior Payton Million (YouTube).