ANT 105 - Evolution of Societies and Cultures

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University of California-Davis

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Description:

Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite:course 1 or 2 or Environmental Science and Policy 30 or Evolution and Ecology 100 or Biological Sciences 101. Interdisciplinary study of social and cultural evolution in humans. Culture as a system of inheritance, psychology of cultural learning, culture as an adaptive system, evolution of maladaptations, evolution of technology and institutions, evolutionary transitions in human history, coevolution of genetic and cultural variation. Only two units of credit to students who have completed Environmental Science and Policy 101 or course 101 prior to fall 2004. (Same course as Environmental Science and Policy 105.) GE credit: SocSci, Wrt.-III. (III.) McElreath

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ucdavis.edu

Phone Number:

(530) 752-1011

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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