ANP-102 Introduction to Biological Anthropology & Archaeology

This courses offers an introduction to two,subfields of anthropology: biological,anthropology and archaeology. Biological,anthropologists specialize in primatology,,paleoanthropology, human variation, medical,anthropology, and forensic anthropology.,Archaeologists study the ancient and recent human,past by examining material remains in the fossil,record to answer questions about human history,,evolution, and culture. The course will examine,evolutionary theory, basic principles of genetic,inheritance, species diversity, and living,non-human primates. An exploration of fossil,non-human primates, the first hominins, the genus,Homo, and human variation will also be studied.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

None

IAI Code:

S1 902

PCS Code:

1.1

Lecture:

3

Lab:

0