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Dec 07, 2024
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ANTH 345 - Human Evolution and Diversity Units: 3 Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4) 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. Graded: Letter grade GenEd: UDGE-B CI Mission Category(s): Interdisciplinary Approaches
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