ANTH 345 - Human Evolution and Diversity

Description

Hours: Three hours lecture per week Prerequisites: Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4) Description: Human biological evolution from the African savannah of 5 million years ago to the present, focusing upon adaptation to environmental conditions, disease, diet. Includes segments on ecology, evolutionary theory, genetics, natural selection, non-human primates. Discusses the concept of race from an anthropological perspective. Includes issues of speciation and race, adaptation to cold, heat, desert, tropics, and diseases. Compares ethnicity vs. race.

Meeting Information

Info current as 12/27/2024
Days Times Room Meeting Dates Instructor
MW  3:00 PM  -  4:15 PM  Bell Tower 2414 8/20/2022 - 12/10/2022 Matthew Curtis

Status: Open
Class Number: 1940
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 8/20/2022 - 12/10/2022
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 38
Available Seats: 2
Wait List Capacity: 10
Wait List Total: 0

Textbook / Other Materials

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780393427967
Title: How Humans Evolved
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorp
Author: Boyd

Status: Required
ISBN: 9781615194940
Title: Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
Publisher: Experiment LLC, The
Author: Rutherford

Status: Required
ISBN: 9781138037533
Title: Human Biological Diversity
Publisher: Routledge
Author: Brown

More textbook information including prices

Enrollment Information

  • Upper Division
  • Includes any In Person Meeting
  • Interdisciplinary Approaches Mission Pillar
  • Upper Div - B Scientific Inq & Quantitative Reason

Notes

Open to Juniors and Seniors Only