The evolutionary mechanisms (10 hours) |
4. Introduction to the evolutionary theory. Structure of the theory. Mutations. It derives genetic. Migration. Natural selection.
5. Natural selection and adaptation. The characters object of the selection. Some basic concepts: natural selection, biological efficiency and adaptation. *Plasticidad *fenotípica And adaptation. Types of natural selection.
6. Measure of the natural selection. The natural selection and his practical decomposition in components. The measure of the selection in qualitative characters. The measure of the selection in quantitative characters. The sexual selection and his measure. Potentiality and limit of the natural selection.
7. Cooperation and conflict. The cooperation and the altruism. The study of the evolutionary conflict. |
I register fossil (4 hours) |
11. Nature and meaning of the register fossil. Importance and representativeness of the register fossil.
12. Relation between the history of the life and the earth. The main biological events along the geological history. |
Human evolution (6 hours) |
18. The human lineage: evolutionary history of primates and hominids. I register fossil and studies of ancient genetic material.
19. Evolution and diversity of human characters. Brain and language, Theory of the mind. Vital strategies: evolutionary commitments, senescence.
20. Social evolution in hominids. Systems of mating and sexual selection. Familiar selection. Cooperation and altruism. |