Synopsis: The fossil record and geological timescales; the effects of continental drift, climate change and mass extinctions on evolution. Reconstructing evolutionary history: cladistics and molecular phylogenetics. The origin and evolution of mammal-like reptiles; mesozoic mammals. Monotremes and marsupials. Evolution and classification of eutherian mammals adaptation in the main orders of eutherian mammals. Evolution of hominins. Recent controversies, current developments and breaking stories in mammalian evolution.

Module Organiser: Dr Chris Faulkes

Lecturers: Dr Chris Faulkes and Professor Steve Rossiter