+*EVOLUTION OF PLANET EARTH

Catalog description

Examines major stages and critical events in planet Earth’s history, with emphasis on the interactions between global tectonics, biological evolution, and the climate system. Explores fossils and fossilization, geological time, catastrophic events that drove mass extinctions, and the role of humans as geological agents. Uses rocks and fossils during laboratories to provide a hands-on complement to lecture topics and to introduce methods of investigation of the geological record.