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Course code: BBS20238o15Semester: 2015/2016 winter
Name: Palaeontology of Evolution
Major: Biology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 3
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Leonid Rekovets
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student: W1 – knows the scientific theories and hypothesis about appearance of life on the Earth. [KB2_W02 _BC]; W2 – knows the systematic and chronological position of the most important extinct forms of plant and animals. [KB2_W02 _BC]; W3 – describes their anatomical structure and function and explains the basis of adaptation. [KB2_W03 _BC]. Skills: Student: U1 – on the base of morphology forms deskribes the systematic and filogenetyk position forms, Homo and Primates. [KB2_U02_BC]; U2 – shows taxonomical affiliation of extinct forms on the base of their morphology. [KB2_U02_BC]; U3 – interprets morphological adaptations in evolutionary context. [KB2_U02_BC].
Competences: Personal and social competences (attitudes and behaviors): Student: K1 – is aware of the meaning of paleobiodifferences and popularize it’s security very actively. [K_K04]; K2 – shows the understanding of the historical and evolutional fenomens in the nature. [KB2_K01].
Prerequisites: geology, botany, zoology
Course content: The origin of life and organisms (speciation), advanced evolution; morphology, function and environment (adaptive origin); principals of the evolution of organisms; taphonomy and recording of geological time; principals of palaeo-ecology of organisms and biostratygraphy; principals of evolutionary biogeography
Recommended literature: 1. Raup D. Stenley S.: Podstawy paleontologii. Wyd.PAN, Warszawa,1984. 2. Bieda F.: Paleozoologia T.1,2. Wyd. Geol. Warszawa, 1966. 3. Dzik J.: Dzieje życia na Ziemi. Wyd. PAN, Warszawa, 2011. 4. Druszczyc W.: Paleontologia bespozwonocznych. Wyd MGU, Moskwa, 1974. 5. Wiszniewska-Żelichowska M.: Paleontologia. Wyd. Geol. Warszawa, 1962. 6. Keroł M.: Paleozoologia pozwonocznych. Wyd. Nauka, Moskwa, 1995. 7. Weiner J Zycie i ewolucja biosfery. Wyd. naukowe PWN, Warszawa, 2012.
Assessment methods: Two written tests and oral presentation prepared. Final grade will be an exam (test).
Comment: specialization: Human Biology