2024
Paleontology and Evolution
Name: Paleontology and Evolution
Code: GEO10326M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/162 hours
Scientific Area:
Geology and Biology
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
- to acquire knowledge of evolution, to understand their mechanisms and to apply in paleontology and taxonomy.
- to understand the concepts of evolution and the mechanisms of natural selection.
-to applying evolutionary concepts and to understanding evolutionary strategies of species or group studies.
- to understand the concepts of evolution and the mechanisms of natural selection.
-to applying evolutionary concepts and to understanding evolutionary strategies of species or group studies.
Contents
1. Evolution
1.1. Fundamentals concepts of evolution
1.2. Species and speciation
1.3. Types of evolution
1.4. Fundamentals concepts of molecular evolution,
1.5. Natural Selection and adaptation
2. The Evolution of Evolution
2.1. Before Darwin; the evolution of Darwin; Neo-Darwinian evolutionary Synthesis.
2.2. Microevolution, Macroevolution and Evo-Devo
2.3. The evidence of evolution
3. Methods of studying evolution and taxonomy
3.1. Phylogeny and Cladistics
3.2. Morphometry
3.3 Taxonomy
3.4. Tools for the study of evolution. Software of Cladistics
4. Evolution and diversity.
4.1. The diversity as a by-product of evolution.
4.2. Origins, extinctions and diversifications
5. The problematic of evolution in Palaeontology
1.1. Fundamentals concepts of evolution
1.2. Species and speciation
1.3. Types of evolution
1.4. Fundamentals concepts of molecular evolution,
1.5. Natural Selection and adaptation
2. The Evolution of Evolution
2.1. Before Darwin; the evolution of Darwin; Neo-Darwinian evolutionary Synthesis.
2.2. Microevolution, Macroevolution and Evo-Devo
2.3. The evidence of evolution
3. Methods of studying evolution and taxonomy
3.1. Phylogeny and Cladistics
3.2. Morphometry
3.3 Taxonomy
3.4. Tools for the study of evolution. Software of Cladistics
4. Evolution and diversity.
4.1. The diversity as a by-product of evolution.
4.2. Origins, extinctions and diversifications
5. The problematic of evolution in Palaeontology
Teaching Methods
The teaching, supported in the use of multimedia projections and e-learning methods (use of the Moodle program) will include theoretical and practical lessons.
The evaluation will have a continuous component, by performing mini tests weekly launched in e-learning, whose responses will be evaluated individually and discussed and a final exam.
The evaluation will have a continuous component, by performing mini tests weekly launched in e-learning, whose responses will be evaluated individually and discussed and a final exam.
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