These materials can be installed as an R package:

devtools::install_github("wrightaprilm/APB2018")

Slides are meant to be rendered in RStudio.

Schedule

Day One

Item Time
Intro & begin installs 9 - 9:30
About Me 9:30 - 9:45
Intro to Phylogenetic Data 9:45 - 10:30
Break 10:30 - 10:45
Phylogenetic Data Hands On 10:45 - Noon
Lunch 12 - 1
Tree Thinking I 1 - 2:30
Break 2:30 - 2:45
Tree Thinking II 2:45-5

Day Two

Item Time
Introduction to Bayesian Models 9 - 10:30
Break 10:30 - 10:45
Models and reality 10:45 - Noon
Lunch 12 - 1
Graphical models, on board exercise 1 - 2:30
Break 2:30 - 2:45
RevBayes Dicrete Morphology 2:45-5

Day Three

Item Time
Introduction to Divergence Time Estimation 9 - 10:30
Break 10:30 - 10:45
Continued: Div Time Exercise 10:45 - Noon
Lunch 12 - 1
RevBayes FBD 1 - 2:30
Break 2:30 - 2:45
Finish RevBayes Div Time 2:45-5

Comments/Questions/Corrections: April Wright (april.wright@selu.edu)

Peer-review: This document has been reviewed by Peter Wagner.

Note: This tutorial may be expanded or revised after peer-review process has been completed. The author is responsible for all conceptual and scripting errors in the current version of this document.

Our Sponsors: National Science Foundation (Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology Program), National Science Foundation (Earth Rates Initiative), Paleontological Society, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology