Course description
This course will allow you to study when and where you want, at your own pace. All coursework can be submitted by post or email making it simple and hassle-free. All of the materials will be delivered to you by post or email, so it couldn’t be easier. Our experienced and friendly tutors are always a click away by email, giving you a full year’s worth of support and advice to help get you through your course!
Course Content
Unit 1 Introduction to Palaeontology
- Describe what palaeontology is
- The main events in the history of palaeontology
- Key early palaeontologists
- Why we study palaeontology
Unit 2 Evolution of Life on Earth
- Formation of the Earth
- Main stages in geological evolution
- Theories behind the evolution of life
- Why explosions of life and mass extinctions have occurred throughout history
Unit 3 What are fossils?
- Explain what a fossil is
- Fossilisation
- Different modes of preservation
- Main fossil-bearing rock types
Unit 4 Types of fossils
- Invertebrates
- Vertebrates
- Plants
- Trace fossils
Unit 5 Recovery and Recording of Fossil Evidence
- Equipment and methods
- Ethics of fossil collecting
- How fossils are prepared and cleaned
- How fossil finds are recorded
Unit 6 Palaeontological Discoveries and What They Have Taught Us
- Darwin’s theory of evolution and the fossil record
- Fossil record and what it has taught us
- Development of modern techniques
- ‘Ancient survivors’ and ‘living fossils’
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