HistBio — Credit Exam for Part-Time Master's Students in 2014
Overview of materials for preparing for the credit exam for distance learning students.
The course "Historical Development of Biosystems" will end with a credit exam in which students will write a test. The test is organized according to the standard adopted for testing in vertebrate zoology and ecology courses in the full-time program. A description of how the tests are structured and conducted is here. The following three main topics are covered in the test: — the origin of life; — the origin of modern animal phyla; — the origin of humans. Materials for preparation: Origin of Life Ecology: Biology of Interactions. 2.10. (supplement) Evolution of the Universe, the Solar System and Earth Ecology: Biology of Interactions. 2.12. (supplement) The Origin of Life. Pre-living Systems The origin of life and panspermia: Pre-biological selection; Pre-life; Panspermia — a dead end or a hope?; Aliens among us! Lectures and related materials Nos. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8. Origin of Modern Animal Phyla Ecology: Biology of Interactions. 2.13. (supplement) The Geochronological Scale Ecology: Biology of Interactions. 2.14. (supplement) Some Stages in the History of Life on Earth On the general genealogy of life and symbiogenesis: The Origin of Sex, Separate Sexes, and Hemiclonal Inheritance. Statement of the Problem Stromatolites and Organisms: Competition or Control? Lectures and related materials Nos. 13, 14. Origin of Humans One of the latest and most detailed schemes reflecting current understanding of hominid evolution. Pay attention not only to the scheme itself, but also to the other pages of the Antropogenez.ru site to which the links on the scheme lead! The list of species to pay attention to is here. Three columns on the evolution of skin color: On skin color: an attempt to discuss one adaptation of humans with justification of far-reaching conclusions about the specifics of ecological factors; More on skin color: why we are white and why we tan; Three conclusions that can be drawn after discussing the causes of differences in skin color among people. The causes of our features: The creed of a zoologist, or What can we learn from our own animal nature?; The causes of our (im)perfection; The trail of an antelope; Guests from the past.