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 11/13/2024
Days Times Room Meeting Dates Instructor
MW  4:30 PM  -  5:45 PM  Bell Tower 1302 1/20/2018 - 5/25/2018 Rachel Olsthoorn

Status: Open
Class Number: 1355
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 1/20/2018 - 5/25/2018
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 21
Available Seats: 14
Wait List Capacity: 10
Wait List Total: 0

Textbook / Other Materials

Status: Recommended
ISBN: 9780195387407
Title: Human Biological Variation
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Author: Mielke

Status: Recommended
ISBN: 9780226439655
Title: Human Career: Human Biological & Cultural Origins
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Author: Klein

More textbook information including prices

Enrollment Information

  • Upper Division
  • B2: Life Science - Biology, Chemistry, Biochem
  • UDIGE: Interdisciplinary

Notes

JUNIOR STANDING OR CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR