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Anthro 347B: Ancient Mound Builders of the Mississippi Valley
3.00 Credits
Washington University in St Louis
Study of the peoples in North America who built mounds and other earthen structures beginning more than 4000 years ago; why they erected earthworks; what the structures were used for; how they varied through time and across space; and what significance they had to members of society.
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Anthro 361: Culture and Environment
3.00 Credits
Washington University in St Louis
An introduction to the ecology of human culture, especially how "traditional" cultural ecosystems are organized and how they change with population density. Topics include foragers, slash and burn farming, intensive farming, warfare, population regulation, sexual division of labor.
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Anthro 3612: Population and Society
3.00 Credits
Washington University in St Louis
This review of population processes and their social ramifications begins with an introduction to the basic terminology, concepts, and methods of population studies, followed by a survey of human population trends through history. The course then investigates biological and social dimensions of marriage and childbearing, critically examines family planning policies, deals with the social impacts of epidemics and population ageing, and looks at connections between population movements and sociocultural changes. The overall objective of the course is to understand how population processes are not just biological in nature, but are closely related to social, cultural, political, and economic factors.
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Anthro 362: The Biological Basis of Human Behavior
3.00 Credits
Washington University in St Louis
Infidelity, marriage customs, inner city violence, infanticide, intelligence.. Are the behavioral patterns we see genetically fixed and racially variable? What is the evolutionary and biological basis of human behavior? This course offers a critical evaluation of these from an anthropological perspective.
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Anthro 3620: Anthropological Perspectives on the Fetus
3.00 Credits
Washington University in St Louis
Where do we come from? How do we get here? When does "life" begin? Is the fetus a "person" or something else? How could we decide? This course integrates biological, medical, philosophical, and cross-cultural perspectives to examine how various societies (including our own) understand the nature of the human fetus. The course examines basic human embryology, beliefs about conception and fetal development, ideas about the moral status of the fetus, controversies surrounding prenatal care and antenatal diagnostic testing (including sex selection and genetic screening tests), current controversies about fetal medicine and surgery, and the problem of abortion in cross-cultural perspective.
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Anthro 3621: Anthropology of Human Birth
3.00 Credits
Washington University in St Louis
This course examines the interaction between human biology and culture in relation to childbirth. Emphasis is placed on understanding the cultural challenges posed by the physiology of human reproduction, the ways various cultures have attempted to meet those challenges, and the resultant consequences that this has had for women's lives. The course draws on material from human anatomy and embryology, paleoanthropology, clinical obstetrics, public health, social anthropology, the history of medicine, and contemporary bioethics.
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Anthro 3625: The Female Life-Cycle in Cross-Cultural Perspective
3.00 Credits
Washington University in St Louis
This course examines the biology of the female reproductive cycle-menarche, menstruation, and menopause- and its cultural interpretation around the world. Topics covered include the embryology of human sexual differentiation; and the biology of the menstrual cycle and how it influences or is influenced by various disease states, contraception, infertility, cultural taboos and beliefs about menstruation and menopause, etc. The course utilizes materials drawn from human biology, clinical gynecology, ethnography, social anthropology, and the history of medicine and examines the interplay between female reproductive biology and culture around the world.
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Anthro 3656: Behavioral Ecology of the Great Apes
3.00 Credits
Washington University in St Louis
This course introduces undergraduate students to the behavioral ecology of great apes. Lectures and readings provide an overview of the distribution, feeding ecology, social system, and behavior of African and Asian apes. The main objective of this class is to examine variation in behavioral ecology with and between ape species. The comparative content within each lecture gradually increases throughout the course, and students are asked to synthesize this material in their final exam. Readings mainly consist of book chapter assignments from three recent texts on the ecology, behavior, and geographic variation observed in great apes.
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Anthro 3661: Primate Biology
3.00 Credits
Washington University in St Louis
This course takes a multifaceted introductory approach to the primates, the closest relatives of human beings, by investigating anatomy, growth and development, reproduction, behavioral adaptations, ecology, geographic distribution, taxonomy, and evolution. Emphasis is placed not only on the apes and monkeys, but also on the lesser-known lemurs, lorises, bushbabies, tarsiers, and many others. The importance of primate biology to the discipline of anthropology is discussed. Intended for students who have already taken Anthro 150A and recommended for students who wish to take the more advanced 400-level courses on primates. Prerequisite: Anthro 150A or permission of instructor.
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Anthro 3662: Primate Conservation Biology
3.00 Credits
Washington University in St Louis
This class focuses on the ecological diversity of primates and how these and other traits are related to their present day abundance and distribution. In addition, the biological, abiotic, and anthropogenic factors related to extinction risk are examined. It also reviews the endangered species of primates; case histories of conservation programs; and management practices in Asia, Africa, South America, and Madagascar. Prerequisites: Anthro 150 or Biol 2970, or permission of instructor.
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