  Representing single stellar populations, globular clusters (GCs) are
relatively easy to model, thus providing powerful tools for studying the
evolution of galaxies. This has been demonstrated for the blue compact galaxy
ESO338-IG04. GC systems in galaxies may be fossils of starbursts and mergers.
Thus studies of GCs in the local universe may add to our understanding of the
formation and evolution of galaxies and the distant universe.
