Ithaca College

"Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution" (Theodosius Dobzhansky, 1973)

Have you ever wondered how viruses and bacteria evolve and infect new hosts?

Or how some people can enjoy dairy and some others don’t?

or why species behave the way they do?

or why some species survive and others go extinct?

This course will answer these and MORE questions!!

- Emphasis on how evolutionary biology helps us to understand current issues in health, medicine, ecology, conservation biology, global climate change, and agriculture. 

- Topics include: infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance, the fossil record, biodiversity, mass extinctions, human evolution. (IRR)