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Dynamics of Complex Systems: Biological and Environmental Coevolution Preceding the Cambrian Explosion
Art: US Army, US Weather map from 1872, 1872 · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. Daniel Rothman
- Term
- Spring 2005
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 reading · 3 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 12.517 Dynamics of Complex Systems: Biological and Environmental Coevolution Preceding the Cambrian Explosion, Spring 2005, Prof. Daniel Rothman — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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- A lecture sequence of 6 items is confirmed. It stays as organized materials rather than a full course order.
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Course outline
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Lecture 4: Early Animal Evolution
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Lecture 5: Molecular Clocks and the Divergence of Metazoans
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Lecture 6: Oxygenation
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Lecture 7: Glaciations
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Lecture 8: Chronology
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Daniel Rothman, 12.517 Dynamics of Complex Systems: Biological and Environmental Coevolution Preceding the Cambrian Explosion, Spring 2005.
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