GEOS 130H - Lessons from Life History - Half

HC NSMA

2 credits
Life evolved over 3.8 billion years ago and has changed and evolved as the Earth and its climate has changed. In this course, we will learn about the origin of life, evolution, and patterns of speciation and extinction over all of the history of life. What drives organisms to extinction or to survival? What can we learn about how life will respond to present-day changes based on lessons from the past?