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 5/16/2024
Days Times Room Meeting Dates Instructor
ARR Online 1/23/2021 - 5/28/2021 Matthew Curtis

Status: Closed
Class Number: 2817
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 1/23/2021 - 5/28/2021
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 45
Available Seats: 0
Wait List Capacity: 10
Wait List Total: 0

Textbook / Other Materials

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780565093914
Title: Our Human Story
Publisher: BAKER & TAYLOR INC
Author: Stringer

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780198831747
Title: Human Evolution
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Author: Wood

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

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780192567628
Title: Human Evolution: A Very Short Introduction
Publisher: Oxford University Press Canada
Author: Wood

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Enrollment Information

  • Upper Division
  • Interdisciplinary Approaches Mission Pillar
  • Upper Div - B Scientific Inq & Quantitative Reason