1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Practicum	15
Seminar	15

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Course objectives:
Introduction to the basic principles and mechanisms of evolutionary biology on different levels. Review of the main areas of modern evolutionary science. Introduction to experimental work in the evolutionary biology.

Course content:
LECTURES
1. Evolution as a scientific discipline and its historical development
2.-3. Material evidences of evolution; Mass extinctions
4.-5. Origin of life (chemical and biological evolution)
6.-7. Evolution of the eukaryotic cell; Endosymbiosis
8.-9. Metazoa; Cambrian explosion; Levels of evolutionary processes
10. Speciation and Isolation mechanisms
11. Molecular evolution and phylogenetics
12. Geological evolution-aspects
13. Factors of evolution (variability, mutation, migration, selection, genetic drift); Population genetics
14.-15. Human evolution

PRACTICAL WORK
1.-3. Microfossiles; Macrofossiles
3.-4. Biologically important macromolecules
5.-7. Computer lab
8.-10. Models of symbioses
11. Adaptations; Microcosm models
12.-15. Population genetics

SEMINARS
1. Evolution of the universe
2. The origin of life
3. Definitions of living system
4. Universal ancestors of living beings
5. Fossiles
6. Symbioses
7. Phylogenetic trees
8. Protective coloration
9. Biodiversity
10. Selection
11.-12. Adaptations
13. Neanderthals
14.-15. Human evolution

Possible visits: Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Rokov Perivoj Park

1. Praktikumski priručnik Simbioza hidre i alge. za internu uporabu, Goran Kovačević, 2013.
2. Evolution an Introduction. 2nd Edition Oxford University Press, Stearns, S. C., Hoekstra, R. F, 2005.
3. Postanak čovjeka i kulturna evolucija, Kršćanska sadašnjost, Zagreb, Facchini, F, 2007.