Paleobiodiversity, environmental change, the evo

The objectives of this EU are twofold. On the one hand, the aim is to review all the major stages in the history of organisms on Earth since its birth. Topics such as the appearance of life, the colonization of continents, the appearance of angiosperms, glacial/interglacial cycles and the domestication of plants will be covered. On the other hand, the aim is to show how paleoecology is part of the modern world, whether in terms of methodological developments (geochemistry, optical, electron and X-ray microscopy, etc.), predictive models for climate change, ecosystem management in the context of global change, or biotechnological developments. The course will be organized as a series of lectures, each given by a specialist in the subject concerned.

"- Knowledge of the history of organisms on Earth ;

- Introduction to methods for studying past environments and fossil organisms;

- Ability to link (1) the theoretical corpus of ecology and evolutionary biology with (2) paleoecological data;

- Knowledge of societal issues associated with the study of past environments;

- Mastery of tools for the study of past environments and fossil organisms".

Notion of ecology and evolution seen in M1S1.

100% continuous assessment

Hourly volumes :

CM : 0 h

TD: 24 h

TP : 0 h

Field : 0 h

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SPS: 0 h

Seminars: 6 h

Outside UM: 0 h