ANTH 204 - Biological/ Physicalanthropology

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Widener University-Main Campus

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This course deals with the interaction of biological and cultural factors in the evolution of modern humans and their adaptation to the environment. The course begins by reviewing the mechanisms of biological evolution and genetics and how appearance and behavior are encoded, and changed through time. By first looking at our closest, non-cultural bearing relatives, the monkeys and great apes, the contrast between biological and cultural factors is emphasized. The detective work in interpreting the fossil record of human evolution is then examined to understand better how humans came to be the species we are. The remainder of the course looks at variation in modern humans in various climates and regions, and explains how variation in biological form-skin color, body form, eye shape, variation in growth patterns, menarche, disease, sexual behavior, and "race"-araffected by biological and cultural factors. A two-hour lab permits hands-on examination of the specimens and the tools and techniques physical anthropologists use. No prerequisite. Meets the General Education requirement for a science with lab or a social science elective. 4 semester hours

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2.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.widener.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 499-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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