HistBio — Preparation for the exam for distance learning master's students in 2015 (being updated)

The course "Historical Development of Biosystems" will end with a pass/fail test in which students will write a test. The test is organized according to the standard adopted for testing in the vertebrate zoology and ecology courses in the full-time department. A description of how the tests are structured and how testing is conducted — here. Three main topics are covered in the test: — origin of life; — origin of modern animal phyla; — origin of humans. Preparation materials: 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) Origin of life. Pre-living systems Origin of life and panspermia: Pre-biological selection; Pre-life; Panspermia — dead end or hope?; Aliens among us! Lectures and materials for them Nos. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8. Origin of Modern Animal Phyla Ecology: biology of interactions. 2.13. (supplement) Geochronological scale Ecology: biology of interactions. 2.14. (supplement) Some stages of the history of life on Earth On the general genealogy of life and symbiogenesis: Origin of sex, sexual reproduction and hemiclonal inheritance. Statement of the problem Stromatolites and organisms: Competition or control? Lectures and materials for them Nos. 13, 14. Origin of Humans One of the most recent and detailed diagrams reflecting current views on hominin evolution. Pay attention not only to the diagram itself, but also to the other pages of the Antropogenez.ru website, to which the links placed on the diagram lead! The list of species to pay attention to is here. Three columns on the evolution of skin color: On skin color: an experience of discussing one human adaptation with justification of far-reaching conclusions about the specifics of the action of ecological factors; And more on skin color: why we are white and why we tan; Three conclusions that can be drawn after discussing the causes of differences between people in the color of their skin. Causes of our features: The creed of a zoologist, or What can we learn from our own animal nature?; Causes of our (im)perfection; The trail of an antelope; Guests from the past.