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3.00 Credits
This course will view the crucial human question of race, using the insights of social science, biological science, and history. What is race? Does it even exist? How is race treated in different cultures? What is the history of racism? Emphasis will be placed on the American experience, but will use worldwide examples for comparison.
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3.00 Credits
This is an advanced course in forensic anthropology. The course uses human osteology, archaeology, and other anthropological research methods in the analysis and interpretation of human remains. The course focuses on identification and estimation of age, sex, ancestry, stature, disease, and trauma from skeletal tissues. Students learn forensic anthropological analysis and research method, analyze human skeletal materials, and prepare a professional forensic reports. Students must allow for flexible non-class study time in the laboratory. This course may NOT be taken simultaneously with ANTH 3220 or 3271. Prerequisites: ANTH 3220 AND ANTH 3271.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the diversity of non-human primates within the framework of evolutionary ecology. This course also explores the ways that the study of other primates contributes to our understanding of human behavior and evolution. Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing OR ANTH 1010 OR ANTH 1020 OR ANTH 1050 OR ANTH 2281 OR ANTH 5461 OR BIOL 1610 OR BIOL 1620 OR BIOL 3410 OR BIOL 3430
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4.00 Credits
Paleoethnobotany is the study of plant remains from archaeological sites and how people in the past utilized plants. Several kinds of information can be derived from archaeological plant remains, including subsistence strategies, past diets, plant domestication, environmental change and social differentiation. This class introduces you to the methods and applications of paleoethnobotany, including macro- and microbotanical remains. You will develop a comprehensive understanding of paleoethnobotany, learning how archaeologists, paleontologist and forensic anthropologists use plant remains to inform them of past human behavior and environmental conditions. Graduate students will have an additional assignment proposing a project that applies paleoethnobotany to an archaeological problem of interest to them. Prerequisites: ANTH 1010 OR ANTH 1020 OR ANTH 1030 OR ANTH 1050
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3.00 Credits
This introductory course is designed to prepare students for a career in cultural resources management. Students will learn the basic skills required by government and private sector employers and develop familiarity with the goals of heritage preservation, management, and interpretation. Additional work may be required of graduate students.
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3.00 Credits
Anthropology 5355 builds on the learning objectives students accomplished in CRM I and applies that knowledge to tangible projects. In this course students will complete a National Register of Historic Places Nomination, learn how to write Cultural Resource Inventory Reports, as well as record indigenous and historic American archaeological sites using the Utah State Archaeological Site Form. Students will get a more in depth understanding of the multiple laws, regulations, and Executive Orders governing the practice the CRM. Students will interact with federal, state, and private sector archaeologists, historic preservationists, and architectural historians. Prerequisites: 'C' or better in ANTH 5345
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4.00 Credits
Analyses of animal bones and teeth from archaeological sites help us understand ancient human foraging behavior and the nature of past environments. This intensive, laboratory-based class provides an introduction to archaeological faunal analysis, including the preparation of specimens for an osteological comparative collection. Students gain experience conducting research on faunal materials excavated from local archaeological sites.
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3.00 Credits
This course is about ecological constraints on female reproductive biology and child health. It focuses on how parenting behaviors have evolved over the course of human evolution. It investigates mammalian reproductive strategies, energetic costs of pregnancy and lactation, and cross-cultural variation in female fertility rates and child survival. Anthropology 5433 is designed for advanced undergraduate students (Juniors and Seniors) and graduate students who have taken at least one course in human evolution and who know how to write a research paper. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in (ANTH 1010 OR ANTH 1020 OR ANTH 1050 OR BIOL 1620 OR BIOL 2030 OR BIOL 2032 OR BIOL 2210 OR BIOL 3125 OR BIOL 6150 OR BIOL 3410 OR BIOL 3430) AND Junior level or higher
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3.00 Credits
Humans engage in a marvelous diversity of physical activities, from running marathons, to ballet dancing, to fingerpicking guitars. Such activities are not only beautiful, but also characterize who we are as a species. Today, human physical activity is also among the strongest determinants of our health and longevity. The course considers the evolutionary factors underlying how and why humans use our bodies the ways we do, and why differences between past and present human physical activity patterns may be causing our bodies to malfunction and suffer from illnesses that our ancestors managed to avoid. The course draws from a wide variety of scientific disciplines, including paleoanthropology, behavioral ecology, comparative biology, exercise physiology, biomechanics, and medicine to address critical questions such as: ' If exercise is so good for you, why do so many people dislike or avoid it? ' Is it bad to slouch? Are humans comparatively slow and weak? ' Is exercise ineffective for losing weight? ' Does running ruin your knees? ' How much does exercise affect our vulnerability to cancer or infectious disease?
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3.00 Credits
Introduces theory, concepts, and models used to investigate and explain patterns of behavior in animals, and reviews applications to anthropological topics, including foraging strategies, social interactions, and the evolution of human life histories. Prerequisite: ANTH 1050 OR ANTH 1020.
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