Scienze Naturali, Scienze dei Sistemi Naturali,
Evoluzione del comportamento animale e dell’uomo

At the end of the course, the student will acquire the knowledge and the understanding of:

the main processes, mechanisms and concepts of evolutionary biology;
the main evolutionary theories and hypotheses and the theoretical and empirical methods to analyze and test them;
the comparative and experimental methods to test adaptive hypotheses;
how to frame in an evolutionary perspective ecologic-environmental problems of conservation and biodiversity management.

At the end of teaching, the student will be able to:

apply the concepts of evolutionary theory to face both theoretical and empirical evolutionary questions;
analyze and solve, with a high degree of self-independency, evolutionary issues, by using and analysing both bibliographic and empirical data;

evaluate critically the theoretical and empirical evidence that supports alternative evolutionary hypotheses;
address informed scientific questions within the study area, to propose solutions and to collect the bibliographic evidence to support or reject them;

At the end of this teaching, the student:

will acquire analytical skills to address new questions within the area of study;
will be able to assess critically the limits and the potentialities of the methods used to to analyze evolutionary processes and mechanisms.

At the end of this teaching, the student will be able to:

communicate, both in writing and verbal forms, both in professional and non-professional contexts, the principles, the theories, the problems and the results of the research in this study areas

Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, teaching in the academic year 2020-21 has been reorganized throughout the Degree Course. All lessons will be recorded and available online, including practical and laboratory activities. However, practical lessons in the laboratory and in the field provide key experience for students in terms of scientific training. Therefore, a number of traditional classes (i.e. in person) will also be provided, within the regulations imposed for public safety by the government due to the health emergency caused by COVID 19. This course will thus include as many hours of traditional lessons as is possible for each student. Detailed information will be provided by each teacher based on the type of activity, the number of students and public health recommendations.

Classes will be recorded via Webex and made available on Moodle

Individual presentations by the students with questions (20+10min)