ANTH 1315 - Darwinian Revolution

Institution:

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

Subject:

Anthropology

Description:

The impact of Darwin's idea of evolution by natural selection will be explored. Topics considered will be Darwin biographies and publications, including the Origin of Species, the Victorian world view, pre-Darwinian science, the voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle, the discoveries of Wallace, the social Darwinism of Spencer and Haekel, the unilineal cultural schema of Morgan, genetics and ethnology, neo-Darwinism and gene-centrists, the fossil evidence for human evolution, the opposition from religious conservatives, and evolutionary ideas in literature.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pitt.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 624-4141

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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