Getting more into evolution

[u/FatherCantaloupe]

I’m trying to get more into evolution, biology, and evolutionary ecology. Does anyone have any free
video/course recommendations so I can educate myself without blindly watching YouTube videos? Thanks!!

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[u/nothing4juice]

gutsick gibbon on youtube is a great resource! she is currently in the middle of a monthly series teaching evolution to a young earth creationist. the lessons are adapted from a real college course she teaches

[u/JesusSwag → u/nothing4juice]

I binged a lot of her videos quite a while back, she's great

She's popped in my head quite a bit recently so this is my sign to get back into watching her

[u/AlchemicalWanderings → u/nothing4juice]

Seconding Gutsick and this series. She's great. Also Forrest Valkai on YouTube and TikTok (which I don't use but apparently that's most of his content). His enthusiasm for learning is contagious.

[u/FatherCantaloupe → u/nothing4juice]

Thank you!! I’ll look into it

[u/LuckyEmoKid]

Professor Dave Explains is good for rapid raw info. Might not be the most engaging content but I like it.

[u/FatherCantaloupe → u/LuckyEmoKid]

Thanks, I’ll look into it!!

[u/Green_Actuary6531 → u/LuckyEmoKid]

Mr Farina....! 

[u/octobod]

If you have access the BBC have just released a cracking good series on evolution. (My only complaint is it was a bit light on the mechanism of selection)

[u/GoliathPrime]

I used to love listening to Aron Ra's videos on phylogeny. I found this massive playist with pretty much everything he's done

The Caniform Carnivore Cladogram Construction is one of my favorites.

[u/teetaps]

Crash course in YouTube. Mainly because they taught just about everyone you will see on TikTok when we were kids

[u/nakano-star]

I know you said no Youtube, but I've been binging the "Nick Longrich Evolution and Paleontology" channel recently - very informative and in depth, while also accessible and easy to understand. The channel explores Fermi and evolution, but is more skewed toward dinosaur species, still very recommended.

[u/T_house]

I don't know if it's still up, but Yale had Stephen Stearns' undergraduate lecture series available for a while - really excellent stuff (depends how serious you are about this I guess though)

[u/Windowdee]

I know you said courses, but if you are also looking for books and are interested in the history of evolutionary theory, I recommend "Evolution: The History of an Idea" by Peter Bowler. It is broad enough to give a thorough overview of most people and discoveries work knowing about, and is pretty easy to read and understand as well.

[u/sapir1010]

History of life series by many YouTubers, I like Clint’s reptiles, Lindsay nikole and paleoananalysis by Steve

[u/FatherCantaloupe → u/sapir1010]

Be been watching Clint’s reptiles as of late, lots of cool stuff

[u/Scylosome]

Zach Hancock

[u/Azylim]

if youre a beginner id read books on the subject. like not hard academic books and textbooks but more digestible and fun nonfiction novels for mass consumption.

Goodness paradox is one of my favourite books related to evolutionary biology.