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The unit is organised so that topics introduced during lectures are expanded upon with the material being viewed in the practical sessions and the exercises completed in the workshops. The first topic to be covered is the evolution of eukaryotes and algae through serial endosymbiosis. We then move onto the group of green algae from which land plants evolved along with early symbionts. Plant lineages are then considered in the order in which they evolved; Bryophytes, Lycophytes, Ferns, Gymnosperms and lastly Angiosperms. Coinciding with the emergence of these plant groups are dedicated topics including fossils and fossil evidence, morphological features required to move onto land, drivers of plant evolution, living fossils, forests of the Carboniferous, Gondwanan vegetation and the evolution of heterospory and seeds.