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ANTH 382 - “The Naked Ape:” Human Evolution

4.00 credit hours
Explores human evolution from the emergence of the order Primates through anatomically modern Homo sapiens. The relative importance of distinctive primate and hominin adaptive features in human evolution including bipedalism, heat regulation, cranial capacity, stereoscopic vision, prehensile hand morphology and the role of tool making in the development of early hominins. Debates regarding the classificatory relationship among various hominin species. Examples of modern human variation (malaria resistance, lactase persistence, variation in skin color) and the relevance of Evolutionary Theory to understand continued human evolution.

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 165   or BIOL 104 .
Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Sciences.
iCon(s): Being Human.


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