ECTS
4 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Description
The objectives of this EU are twofold. On the one hand, it is a question of placing all the major stages of the history of organisms on Earth since the birth of the latter. Thus, themes 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, it will be shown how paleoecology is part of modernity, whether it is on methodological developments (geochemistry, optical, electron and X-ray microscopy, etc.), on prediction models of climate evolution, ecosystem management in the context of global change or on biotechnology developments. The course will be mainly organized in lectures, each of which will be given by a specialist in the field.
Objectives
"- Knowledge of the history of organisms on Earth;
- Introduction to the methods of studying past environments and fossil organisms;
- Ability to relate (1) the theoretical body of ecology and evolutionary biology to (2) paleoecological data;
- Knowledge of societal issues associated with the study of past environments;
- Mastery of the tools for the study of past environments and fossil organisms;"
Necessary pre-requisites
Notion of ecology and evolution seen in M1S1.
Knowledge control
Continuous assessment : 100%.
Additional information
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