Emergence of Life
About this Course
How did life emerge on Earth? How have life and Earth co-evolved through geological time? Is life elsewhere in the universe? Take a look through the 4-billion-year history of life on Earth through the lens of the modern Tree of Life! This course will evaluate the entire history of life on Earth within the context of our cutting-edge understanding of the Tree of Life. This includes the pioneering work of Professor Carl Woese on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus which revolutionized our understanding with a new \"Tree of Life.\" Other themes include: -Reconnaissance of ancient primordial life before the first cell evolved -The entire ~4-billion-year development of single- and multi-celled life through the lens of the Tree of Life -The influence of Earth system processes (meteor impacts, volcanoes, ice sheets) on shaping and structuring the Tree of Life This synthesis emphasizes the universality of the emergence of life as a prelude for the search for extraterrestrial life.Created by: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Related Online Courses
ChatGPT is a language generation model developed by OpenAI, with its latest version, Davinci, powering the ChatGPT program. This course aims to teach how to build applications and solutions using... more
Seiring semakin meningkatnya penggunaan Kecerdasan Buatan dan Machine Learning di kalangan perusahaan, proses membangunnya secara bertanggung jawab juga menjadi semakin penting. Membicarakan... more
Learn how to model social and economic networks and their impact on human behavior. How do networks form, why do they exhibit certain patterns, and how does their structure impact diffusion,... more
Service level indicators (SLIs) and service level objectives (SLOs) are fundamental tools for measuring and managing reliability. In this course, students learn approaches for devising appropriate... more
Many Deaf children around the world still leave school functionally illiterate. In some cases, there is no allowance made for the education of Deaf children at all. This 4-week course provides you... more
Powered by
