BIO1004S

Comprehensive and well-organized notes on the BIO1004S theory, with information consolidated from 3 different textbooks, lectures, and extra reading material. Written by a student who achieved an upper first for the course.

Comprehensive and detailed notes taken on the BIO1004S Practicals and the theory behind them, written by a student who achieved an upper first for the course. The answers to the prac questions are included. This guide is a must if you want to maximise efficiency and do well effortlessly.

All the notes for the bio1004s practicals are found here and are convenient to use on tests and during exam season.

Provides everything you need to know for the vertebrate/chordate section of the final evolutionary biology exam at UCT. Includes the distinguishing features of each group of chordates such as urochordates and Cephalochordates, Cranites, Gnathostomes, etc. up until mammals, with detailed notes about derived features of each group.

Provides detailed notes about the evolution section of the developmental and evolutionary biology course offered at UCT. The document summarises the Historical background behind evolution, the development of Darwin’s ideas about evolution the different lines of evidence supporting evolution, macro and microevolution, genetic drift and speciation, as well as modern uses for natural selection.

These notes summarise everything you need to know for the primates section of the second year evolutionary and developmental biology course offered at UCT. It summarises the different orders and suborders and distinguishing features of each order of primates, and lists the most important fossils and developments in bipedalism and skin colour variation.