ANTH 135: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
ANTH 135-001: Intro Biological Anthropology
(Spring 2019)
12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW
David J. King Hall 2084
Section Information for Spring 2019
Anthropology 135 is an introductory survey of the field of biological anthropology. This class takes students on a journey into the story of humanity -- and at least biologically -- we come to certain understandings of what it means to be human. The subject matter actually covers nearly 14 billion years of natural history, but the focus is largely on the last 45 million years with the origins and emergence of primates, and from there, the human ancestors who first emerged on the scene about 8 million years ago. The course also equally explores modern human biology, health, disease, and adaptation along with a scientific debunking of the concept of ‘race.' Biological anthropology can achieve such a vision because it involves a powerfully holistic approach that brings together diverse kinds of information including genetics, primatology, paleontology, archaeology, health, disease, and human variation to understand the biological dimensions of the human experience. An underlying theme to this course involves the causes and consequences of ‘biocultural’ evolution – how biology and behavior interact and produced the evolution of our species and modern human biodiversity.
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Credits: 3
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
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