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Origins - Formation of the Universe, Solar System, Earth and Life
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About Origins - Formation of the Universe, Solar System, Earth and Life
The Origins course tracks the origin of all things – from the Big Bang to the origin of the Solar System and the Earth. The course follows the evolution of life on our planet through deep geological time to present life forms.
What You Will Learn?
- Origin of the Elements, the Solar System and the Planets The early Earth and origin of life Origin of the microbial world / The Cambrian Explosion and Exceptional Preservation Transition from Microbial to Macrobial Life: Snowball Earth and the Ediacara Biota / Eukaryotic Evolution and the Phylogeny of All Life Origin of the marine Cambrian and Palaeozoic Evolutionary Faunas / Diversity in deep time / Origin of predation and the Mesozoic Arms race Oxygenation and Animals Origins and Early Development of Plants / The Origin and Diversification of Flowering Plants The Evolution of Insects and their Role in Terrestrial Ecosystems Colonization of the continents and the Origin of the Dinosaurs and Birds/Mass Extinction Events and Their Causes Origin of Recent Climate Change / The Molecular Clock Primate Origins and Evolution / Human Origins and Evolution Modern Diversity.