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Earth Sciences 083F Evolution of Life and the Geological Record

Origin of geological time scale. Pre-Darwinian concepts of development of life on earth. Darwinian evolution and modern concepts of evolution. Genetics and evolution: mode and rate of evolution. A survey of the vertebrate fossil record with focus on particular groups including hominids. Major extinction events in the fossil record.

Antirequisite: Earth Sciences 020.
3 lecture hours, half course.


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