Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University
Syllabus & Course Curriculam
Syllabus & Course Curriculam
Course Type: ME-7
Semester: 7
Course Code: BGELMEB47T
Course Title: Life through ages
(L-P-Tu): 3-0-1
Credit: 4
Practical/Theory: Theory
Course Objective: Objective will be to impart knowledge about origin and evolution of life through geological time
Learning Outcome: Students will learn the origin of life, evolution of different forms of life, ancient life, oxygen revolution. Origin of plants, fishes, birds. Various mass extinction that occurred in the history of the Earth.
Life Through Ages
Unit I: Life through ages
1. Fossils and chemical remains of ancient life.
2. Geological Time Scale with emphasis on major bio-events.
3. Biomineralization and skeletalization
Unit II: Origin of life
1. Possible life sustaining sites in the solar system, life sustaining elements and isotope records
2. Archean life: Earth’s oldest life, Transition from Archean to Proterozoic, the oxygen revolution and radiation of life
3. Precambrian macrofossils– The garden of Ediacara; The Snow Ball Earth Hypothesis
Unit III: Paleozoic Life
1. The Cambrian Explosion.
2. Origin of vertebrates and radiation of fishes
3. Origin of tetrapods - Life out of water
4. Early land plants and impact of land vegetation
Unit IV: Mesozoic Life
1. Life after the largest (P/T) mass extinction, life in the Jurassic seas Origin of mammals
2. Rise and fall of dinosaurs
3. Origin of birds; and spread of flowering plants
Unit V: Cenozoic Life
1. Aftermath of end Cretaceous mass extinction– radiation of placental mammals Evolution of modern grasslands and co-evolution of hoofed grazers
2. Rise of modern plants and vegetation
Unit VI: The age of human
1. Hominid dispersals and climate setting
2. Climate Change during the Phanerozoic - continental break-ups and collisions Plate tectonics and its effects on climate and life.
3. Effects of life on climate and geology
Reading References:
Stanley, S.M., 2008 Earth System History
Cowen, R., 2000 History of Life, Blackwell
Bangar, K.M., 2001. Principles of Engineering Geology.
Dasgupta A. (2013). World Press: Introduction to Earth Science
Mahapatra G. B. (2019): A Textbook of Geology
Basic Features
Undergraduate degree programmes of either 3 or 4-year duration, with multiple entry and exit points and re-entry options, with appropriate certifications such as:
Note: The eligibility condition of doing the UG degree (Honours with Research) is- minimum75% marks to be obtained in the first six semesters.
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