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Paleontology: Theropod Dinosaurs and the Origin of Birds

Paleontology: Theropod Dinosaurs and the Origin of Birds is a five-lesson course teaching a comprehensive overview of the origins of birds. This course exami...
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Paleontology: Theropod Dinosaurs and the Origin of Birds
Platform: Coursera
Video: 4h 40m
Language: English

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Paleontology: Theropod Dinosaurs and the Origin of Birds is a five-lesson course teaching a comprehensive overview of the origins of birds. This course examines the anatomy, diversity, and evolution of theropod dinosaurs in relation to the origin of birds. Students explore various hypotheses for the origin of flight. Watch a preview of the course here: https://uofa.ualberta.ca/courses/paleontology-theropod-dinosaurs

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Who will teach this course? Can I trust Philip John Currie, Ph.D ?

Philip John Currie, Ph.D has created 1 courses that got 185 reviews which are generally positive. Philip John Currie, Ph.D has taught 23,039 students and received a 4.95 average review out of 185 reviews. Depending on the information available, we think that Philip John Currie, Ph.D is an instructor that you can trust.
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Alberta
Veronica Olivotto is a PhD student of Public and Urban Policy at the New School of New York. She is researcher, consultant and educator working on urban climate change adaptation governance and dynamics of urban risk, vulnerability and resilience in informal settlements and the city at large. She has undertaken high profile level trainings on climate change decision-making for ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, Arcadis and the Nederlandseorganisatie voor internationalisering in het hoger onderwijs (NUFFIC). Veronica is a member of the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) and coordinating author of the chapter on Housing and Informal Settlements of the Second Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities (ARC3-2, Urban Climate Change Research Network, Cambridge Press: 2016). Veronica has worked for applied research projects with clients like the GiZ, Cities Alliance, the UN-HABITAT, UNCDF and the European Commission. She has work experience in Latin America (Colombia and Peru), the Philippines and the United Kingdom. She earned degrees from Erasmus University Rotterdam (MSc), Edinburgh University (MSc) and the University of Milan (BA).

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Platform: Coursera
Video: 4h 40m
Language: English

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