ANTH 150 Human Adaptation
Class Schedule
Week 1: Introduction to Class
Assignments:
Kottak Ch. 1 "What is Anthropology?"
Week 2: Ethics and Methods
Assignments:
Discussion Paper #1
Kottak Ch. 3 "Ethics and Methods in Physical Anthropology and Archaeology"
Week 3: Evolution, Genetics, and Darwinism
Assignments:
Research Essay PROSPECTUS due
Extra Credit Discussion Paper
Kottak Ch. 4 "Evolution and Genetics"
Week 4: Human Variation and Adaptation
Assignments:
Discussion Paper #2
Kottak Ch. 5 "Human Variation and Adaptation"
Week 5: Primatology
FILM
Assignments:
Research Essay Outline due (minimum of 5 sources)
Extra Credit Discussion Paper
Kottak Ch. 6 "The Primates"
Week 6: Primate Evolution
Assignments:
Discussion Paper #3
Kottak Ch. 7 "Primate Evolution"
Week 7: Early Hominins
Assignments:
Discussion Paper #4
Kottak Ch. 8 "Early Hominins"
Week 8: MIDTERMS
Week 9: Genus Homo
Assignments:
Discussion Paper #5
Kottak Ch. 9 "The Genus Homo"
Week 10: The Birth of Food Production
FILM
Assignments:
Research Essay due
Extra Credit Discussion Paper
Kottak Ch. 10 "The First Farmers"
Diamond, J.
Week 11: The Birth of the State
Assignments:
Discussion Paper #6
Kottak Ch. 11 "The First Cities and States"
Week 12: Human Behavioral Adaptation
Assignments:
Discussion Paper #7
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Week 13: Evolutionary Ecology and Ecological Adaptation
FILM
Assignments:
Discussion Paper #8
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Week 14: Evolution of Cooperation
Assignments:
Discussion Paper #9
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Week 15: Archaeogastronomy and the Evolution of Cuisine
FILM
Assignments:
Discussion Paper #10
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Week 16: Class Synthesis
Assignments:
Extra Credit Discussion Paper - Course Synthesis (2 pgs. only please)
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