Paleobiodiversity, environmental changes, evolutionary drivers

The EU's objectives are twofold. On the one hand, it aims to retrace all the major stages in the history of organisms on Earth since its birth. Topics such as the emergence of life, the colonization of continents, the emergence of angiosperms, glacial/interglacial cycles, and the domestication of plants will be addressed. Secondly, it aims to show how paleoecology fits into the modern world, whether in terms of methodological developments (geochemistry, optical microscopy, electron microscopy, X-ray microscopy, etc.), climate change prediction models, ecosystem management in the context of global change, or developments in biotechnology.  The EU will mainly be organized into lectures (TD), each given by a specialist in the subject.

- Knowledge of the history of organisms on Earth;

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

- Ability to make connections between (1) the theoretical corpus of ecology and evolutionary biology and (2) paleoecological data;

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

- Proficiency in tools for studying past environments and fossil organisms;

Concepts of ecology and evolution as seen in M1S1.

Continuous assessment: 100%

Hourly volumes:

CM: 0 hours

TD: 24 hours

Practical work: 0 hours

Field: 0 hours

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SPS: 0 hours

Seminars: 6 hours

Outside UM: 0 hours