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Simpson, Carl

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  • I'm Carl Simpson, a paleobiologist at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History. I work on the evolution and macroevolution of group living from colonial marine invertebrates, especially bryozoans and corals to multicellularity.

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  • GEOL 1020 - Dodos, Dinos, and Deinococcus: The History of a Habitable Planet
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2022
    Examines how the solid, fluid, and living Earth interact, how changes in the oceans, atmosphere and life reflect that interaction over the immensity of geologic time, and how the rock record is analyzed to reconstruct the co-evolution of Earth and life.
  • GEOL 3410 - Paleobiology
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
    Surveys morphology, ecology and evolution of ancient animal and plant life and their interactions on Earth. Fossils used to solve geological and biological problems. Department enforced prerequisites: GEOL 1010 and GEOL 1020 or GEOL 2005 or EBIO 1030 and EBIO 1040 or EBIO 1210 and EBIO 1220 (all minimum grade of C-).
  • GEOL 4700 - Special Geological Topics
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2021 / Spring 2022
    Studies in selected geological subjects of special current interest (for undergraduates). May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours within a term.
  • GEOL 5555 - Topics in Macroevolution
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2021
    Macroevolution extends beyond the limits of microevolution by including processes that encompass many species, in both recent and fossils organisms. Some of the topics include evolutionary novelty and innovation, developmental evolution, disparity and diversity dynamics, and extinction. We will survey case studies, methods, and the current literature.
  • GEOL 5700 - Geological Topics Seminar
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022
    Offers seminar studies in geological subjects of special current interest. Primarily for graduate students, as departmental staff and facilities permit. May be repeated up to 15 total credit hours provided that topics vary.
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