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
Days | Times | Room | Meeting Dates | Instructor |
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ARR | Online | 1/21/2023 - 5/19/2023 | Susan Kuzminsky |
Status: Closed
Class Number: 2141
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 1/21/2023 - 5/19/2023
Grading: Letter Grade
Class Availability
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Enrollment Total: 41
Available Seats: 0
Wait List Capacity: 10
Wait List Total: 0
Textbook / Other Materials
Status: RecommendedISBN: 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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- Upper Division
- On Line
- Asynchronous online
- Interdisciplinary Approaches Mission Pillar
- Upper Div - B Scientific Inq & Quantitative Reason