Hank introduces us to ourselves by taking us on a journey through the fascinatingly diverse phyla known as chordata. And the next time someone asks you who you are, you can give them the facts: you're a mammalian amniotic tetrapodal sarcopterygian osteichthyen gnathostomal vertebrate cranial chordate.

Table of Contents:
1) Chordate Synapomorphies 1:04
2) Cephalachordata 1:20
3) Urochordata 3:16
4) Vertebrata 3:49
a) Myxini 4:30
b) Petromyzontida 4:51
c) Chondrichthyes 5:32
d) Osteichthyes 6:05
5) Biolography 7:29
6) Amphibia 9:02
7) Reptilia 9:47
8) Mammalia 10:57

References:
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/shapeoflife/a...
http://faculty.fmcc.suny.edu/mcdarby/...
http://prezi.com/8fhckoykznls/ap-bio-...
http://www.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/~...
http://www.ebiomedia.com/prod/BOchord...
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com...
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/a...
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/252869...

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"Moog_woodenBlocks.aiff" by Feenixx

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