Stratigraphic Paleontology

The course is focused on how life may have originated introducing important group of unfamiliar organisms. Particularly the following subjects will be considered: explosion of life early in the Precambrian world; diversification of plants and animals on terrestrial habitats; mass extinction events and radiations; interactivity between the physical-geodynamical and biological components of the Earth.

The student will understand the origin of the world in which we are living by analyzing the origin of life and its diversifications. The up-to-date view of the major mass extinction events and radiations is focused on the comprehension of the strict relationships between the chemical, physical and biologic components and the evolution of the Earth. The student will also achieve the key role of the geologic processes in global changes resulted from plate tectonic movements.