The Origins course tracks the origin of all things – from the Big Bang to the origin of the Solar System and the Earth. The course follows the evolution of life on our planet through deep geological time to present life forms.
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Origins - Formation of the Universe, Solar System, Earth and Life
University of CopenhagenAbout this Course
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Origin of the Elements, the Solar System and the Planets
The early Earth and origin of life
Origin of the microbial world / The Cambrian Explosion and Exceptional Preservation
Transition from Microbial to Macrobial Life: Snowball Earth and the Ediacara Biota / Eukaryotic Evolution and the Phylogeny of All Life
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- 5 stars76.62%
- 4 stars19.15%
- 3 stars2.75%
- 2 stars0.97%
- 1 star0.48%
TOP REVIEWS FROM ORIGINS - FORMATION OF THE UNIVERSE, SOLAR SYSTEM, EARTH AND LIFE
Excellent course. Excellent instructors, all. Now I think I'll back up and go read Darwin's Origin of the Species with a more educated eye.
A fantastic and wide ranging course, linking geology and evolution, and showing evidence for hypotheses about life and diversity of life on earth.
I was delighted, engaged and challenged. The advances in some of the fields are breath taking. I will
definitely will continue to follow up with more reading.
Excellent course on this topic. I have really enjoyed the process of learning and the knowledge I gathered during the process. More importantly, it has broadened my thinking.
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