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3.00 Credits
Introduction to biological anthropology; surveys of hominid fossils, primate biology and behavior, human biological variation, ecology and adaptation, and evolutionary theory.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the two-million-year-old archaeological record of human prehistory.
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3.00 Credits
An overview of the broad patterns of temporal and spatial variation in morphology and behavior among humans and our nearest relatives. Basic concepts and models in human evolutionary ecology are introduced.
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1.00 Credits
Anthropology 2001 is a "careers" course designed to help majors/minors use their degree productively after graduation. Students explore career opportunities, listen to guest lectures about academic and extra-curricular resources (e.g., field schools, research opportunities, internships), and learn tools that will help them succeed in the job search (resumes, cover letters, networking). Prerequisites: Anthropology Majors and Minors Only.
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3.00 Credits
Explores apparent mysteries in human culture and society. Witchcraft, voodoo, cannibalism and other food customs, sex roles and sexuality, incest taboo, territoriality, aggression and warfare, notions of beauty, concepts of the bizarre, primitive thought and language, and other topics.
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3.00 Credits
Our knowledge of variation in prehistoric human behavior is based virtually exclusively on archaeological analyses of the physical remains left behind by ancient peoples. This course reviews the history, goals, theories, and methods of archaeological research, especially as influenced by the natural sciences. Substantive examples are drawn from a diverse set of time periods and geographical locations.
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3.00 Credits
Human society has changed drastically in the last 10,000 years. For 90 percent of our (pre)history, humankind lived in small, egalitarian bands of hunter-gatherers. Since then, social groupings have grown larger and more economically and socially diverse. Why these changes have occurred is one of the great questions in anthropology and history. This class will explore the rise of complex societies, comparing early complex societies in the Old World and the New World.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers principles of social organization, in societies ranging from small-scale to the modern global system and across a variety of culture areas. In the course, we are concerned with the classic anthropological topics of sex and gender, family systems, kinship and marriage, and with how these are entangled with other aspects of human sociality ' with making a living, distributing necessities and luxuries, submitting to authority and resisting it, and communing with the sacred. Students will learn about the building blocks that human beings use to construct their social systems, and how different societies assemble these building blocks in different configurations.
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3.00 Credits
The field of genetics has progressed by leaps and bounds over the past decade or so, to the point where genetic headlines regularly dominate the news. Further, as patients, consumers, and voters, we're faced with a substantially increased role of genetics in our lives. This course aims to arm students with a deeper understanding of genetics specifically in the context of the ways it's used in our society today. Students will actively work through topics of relevance using lectures, readings, and discussions. Moreover, students will connect primary scientific literature with stories in the popular media (news, podcasts, etc.). By the end of the course, students will be comfortable using genetics to describe variation among humans using evolutionary theory as well as understand the relative role of genetics in shaping modern human variation. In addition, students will be comfortable understanding and evaluating claims about genetics, both in the popular media and in the scientific literature
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3.00 Credits
There are over 500 species of living primates. this course provides an introduction to the biology and behavior of our closest living relatives. Students will learn about evolutionary theory and primate evolution classification, morphology, evolution, biogeography and distribution, socioecology, communication, and conservation.
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