Big History: The Big Bang, Life on Earth, and the Rise of Humanity

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Lecture 04: Evidence and the Nature of Science Discussion area for Lecture 4 of Big History	2	0	The impact of modern dating techniques by professor \| 01/20/2010 10:54
Lecture 01: What is Big History? Discussion area for the first lecture of Big History.	2	2	Re:Modern Creation Story by ard \| 01/26/2010 08:22
Lecture 05: Threshold I Origins of Big Bang Cosmology This is a discussion area for Lecture 5 of Big History	2	0	The 3 Most Crucial Steps of Modern Cosmology by professor \| 01/20/2010 10:56
Lecture 02: Moving Across Multiple Scales Discussion Area for Lecture 2 of Big History	2	2	Re:The value of a larger context by ard \| 01/26/2010 08:30
Lecture 03: Simplicity and Complexity Discussion area for Lecture 3 of Big History	2	0	Complexity as value driver by professor \| 01/20/2010 09:54
Lecture 06: How did everything begin? This is a discussion area for Lecture 6 of Big History.	2	0	The Implications of Hubble by professor \| 01/20/2010 11:06
Lecture 07: Threshold 2-The First Stars and Galaxies This is a discussion area for Lecture 7 of Big History.	2	0	The Importance of Stars by professor \| 01/20/2010 11:01
Lecture 08: Threshold 3-Making Chemical Elements This is the discussion area for Lecture 8 of Big History.	2	26	oBNAIFDoFA by folcklord \| Today 17:52
Lecture 09: Threshold 4-The Earth and the Solar System This is the discussion area for Lecture 9 of Big History.	2	32	esRhfplXAAwjhrXWPt by folcklord \| Today 19:43
Lecture 10: The Early Earth-A Short History This is the discussion area for Lecture 10 of Big History.	2	0	The Stages of Earth's Atmosphere by professor \| 01/20/2010 11:23
Lecture 11: Plate Tectonics on the Earth's Geography This is the discussion area for Lecture 11 of Big History	2	0	Wegener v. Plate Tectonics by professor \| 01/20/2010 11:26
Lecture 12: Threshold 5 - Life This is the discussion are for Lecture 12 of Big History	2	0	Explaining Adaptation by professor \| 01/20/2010 11:43
Lecture 13: Darwin and Natural Selection This is the discussion area for Lecture 13 of Big History.	2	0	Problems with Darwin's Adaptation by professor \| 01/21/2010 11:39
Lecture 14: The Evidence for Natural Selection This is the discussion area for Lecture 14 of Big History.	2	0	New Evidence in Support of Darwin by professor \| 01/21/2010 11:42
Lecture 15: The Origins of Life This is the discussion area for Lecture 15 of Big History.	2	0	Naturalistic Explanations of Origin of Life by professor \| 01/21/2010 11:45
Lecture 16: Life on Earth - Single-celled Organisms This is a discussion area for Lecture 16 of Big History.	2	0	The Importance of Photosynthesis by professor \| 01/21/2010 11:55
Lecture 17: Life on Earth-Multi-celled Organisms This is the discussion area for Lecture 17 of Big History.	2	0	The Role of Chance in Evolution by professor \| 01/21/2010 12:05
Lecture 18: Hominines This is the discussion area for Lecture 18 of Big History.	2	0	Was Louis Leakey Wrong? by professor \| 01/21/2010 12:20
Lecture 19: Evidence of Human Evolution This is the discussion area for Lecture 19 of Big History.	2	0	The Impact of Genetic Dating by professor \| 01/21/2010 12:22
Lecture 20: Threshold 6 - What Makes Humans Different? This is the discussion area for Lecture 20 of Big History.	2	0	Collective Learning by professor \| 01/21/2010 12:25
Lecture 21: Homo sapiens - The First Humans This is the discussion area for Lecture 21 of Big History.	2	0	Neanderthals by professor \| 01/21/2010 12:28
Lecture 22: Paleolithic Lifeways This is the disucssion area for Lecture 22 of Big History.	2	0	The Original Affluent Society by professor \| 01/21/2010 12:31
Lecture 23: Change in the Paleolithic Era This is the discussion area for Lecture 23 of Big History.	2	0	Settling the World During the Paleolithic Era by professor \| 01/21/2010 12:34
Lecture 25: The Origins of Agriculture This is the discussion area for Lecture 24 of Big History.	2	0	Natufians by professor \| 01/21/2010 12:45
Lecture 26: The First Agrarian Societies This is the discussion area for Lecture 26 of Big History.	2	0	Historians Neglect of the Early Agrarian by professor \| 01/21/2010 12:47
Lecture 27: Power and Its Origins This is the discussion area for Lecture 27 of Big History.	2	0	Analyzing Power Relations by professor \| 01/21/2010 12:49
Lecture 28: Early Power Structures This is the discussion area for Lecture 28 of Big History.	2	0	Early Leaders Establishing Authority by professor \| 01/21/2010 12:55
Lecture 29: From Villages to Cities This is the discussion area for Lecture 29 of Big History.	2	0	Community Growth During Early Agrarian Era by professor \| 01/21/2010 13:00
Lecture 30: Sumer-The First Agrarian Civilization This is the discussion area for Lecture 30 of Big History.	2	0	Pre-conditions for Tribute-taking States by professor \| 01/21/2010 13:03
Lecture 31: Agrarian Civilizations in Other Regions This is the discussion area for Lecture 31 of Big History.	2	0	Religion in Agrarian Civilizations by professor \| 01/21/2010 13:05
Lecture 32: The World That Agrarian Civilizations Made This is the discussion are for Lecture 32 of Big History.	2	0	Most Important Agrarian Features by professor \| 01/21/2010 13:07
Lecture 33: Long Trends - Expansion and State Power This is the discussion area for Lecture 33 of Big History.	2	0	Expansion of Agrarian States by professor \| 01/21/2010 13:11
Lecture 34: Long Trends - Rates of Innovation This is the discussion area for Lecture 34 of Big History.	2	32	DcyDNHADadbHkBI by folcklord \| Today 02:21
Lecture 35: Long Trends - Disease and Malthusian Cycles This is a discussion area for Lecture 35 of Big History.	2	0	Malthusian Cycles by professor \| 01/21/2010 13:17
Lecture 36: Comparing World Zones This is the discussion area for Lecture 36 of Big History.	3	0	uhmjORjOhDeDccKCsv by pododon \| 06/16/2010 20:34
Lecture 37: The Americas in the Later Agrarian Era This is the discussion area for Lecture 37 of Big History.	2	0	Differences Between American and Afro-Eurasian by professor \| 01/21/2010 13:24
Lecture 38: Threshold 8 - The Modern Revolution This is the discussion area for Lecture 38 of Big History.	2	0	Modern Revolution by professor \| 01/19/2010 07:48
Lecture 39: The Medieval Malthusian Cycle, 500-1350 This is the discussion area for Lecture 39 of Big History.	2	0	No Modernity in 1500 by professor \| 01/21/2010 13:27
Lecture 40: The Early Modern Cycle, 1350-1700 This is the discussion area for Lecture 40 of Big History.	2	0	Globalization Between 1500-1700 by professor \| 01/21/2010 13:30
Lecture 41: Breakthrough - The Industrial Revolution This is the discussion area for Lecture 41 of Big History.	2	0	British Innovation by professor \| 01/21/2010 13:34
Lecture 42: Spread of the Industrial Revolution to 1900 This is the discussion area for Lecture 42 of Big History.	2	0	Effects of Globalization Outside Atlantic Hub by professor \| 01/21/2010 14:35
Lecture 43: The 20th Century This is the discussion area for Lecture 43 of Big History.	2	0	The Rise of Consumer Capitalism by professor \| 01/21/2010 13:52
Lecture 44: The World That the Modern Revolution Made This is the discussion area for Lecture 44 of Big History.	2	0	Rapid Pace of Change - Good or Bad by professor \| 01/21/2010 14:38
Lecture 45: Human History and the Biosphere This is the discussion area for Lecture 45 of Big History.	2	0	Assessing Our Impact on the Biosphere by professor \| 01/21/2010 14:42
Lecture 46: The Next 100 Years This is the discussion area for Lecture 46 of Big History.	2	0	Time for a Global Malthusian Crisis by professor \| 01/21/2010 14:46
Lecture 48: Big History - Humans in the Cosmos This is the discussion area for Lecture 48 of Big History.	2	0	Ethical Baggage and the Modern Creation Story by professor \| 01/21/2010 14:52
Lecture 47: The Next Millennium and the Remote Future This is the discussion area for Lecture 48 of Big History.	2	0	The Future of the Universe by professor \| 01/21/2010 14:49

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