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 5/14/2024
Days Times Room Meeting Dates Instructor
TTH  3:00 PM  -  4:15 PM  Sierra Hall 1411 1/21/2023 - 5/19/2023 Susan Kuzminsky

Status: Open
Class Number: 2140
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 1/21/2023 - 5/19/2023
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 39
Available Seats: 1
Wait List Capacity: 10
Wait List Total: 0

Textbook / Other Materials

Status: Recommended
ISBN: 9780393667431
Title: Essen of Biological Anthropology (w/Bind-In Access
Publisher: W. W.Norton Co. Inc
Author: Larsen

Status: Recommended
ISBN: 9780393876840
Title: Essentials of Biological Anthropology, 5e
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorp
Author: W.W. Norton Courseware

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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