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Students will be able to describe and evaluate the importance of key events within biological anthropology, especially pertaining to the development of evolutionary theory, the modern synthesis, and the major milestones of human evolution, as assessed in class discussions.
Course Goals: Through lectures, readings, online media, assignments, and discussions, you will develop the basic skills and knowledge to: Identify, describe, explain, and apply factual, conceptual, and procedural knowledge in biological anthropology.
Biological anthropology concerns all aspects of present and past human biology. This course introduces students to the various topics of interest to biological anthropologists: scientific theory, evolution, heredity, primatology, social behavior and ecology, paleoanthropology, early hominin evolution, genetic
Biological anthropology (also called physical or evolutionary anthropology) is the study of the behavior, ecology, and evolution of primates, including humans. As a scientific discipline, research in biological anthropology is (1) empirical and (2) grounded in the scientific method.
Content SLOs: Identify, describe, and explain the basic concepts, theories and terminology of natural science and the scientific method; the major scientific discoveries and the impacts on society and the environment; and the relevant processes that govern biological and physical systems.
This subject examines the cultural, political, and economic dimensions of biology in the age of genomics, biotechnological enterprise, biodiversity conservation, pharmaceutical bioprospecting, synthetic biology, global pandemic, and more.
Basic concepts of genetics, geology, paleontology, comparative anatomy, primate biology, ecology, and material culture provide the foundation for understanding humanity’s place in nature. Fundamentals in biology and geology will be related to understanding the context and circumstances that have allowed our bodies and behaviors to change over time.
