Anth 12. Introduction to Human Evolution
Location: WSQ 004
Description
The human organism from an evolutionary perspective. The foundations of life and evolutionary theory. Introduction to primate behavior and the fossil record. Human bio-cultural evolution over the last sixty million years.
Syllabus
Documents
Lectures
Documents
- Lecture 1 - Jan 26 - COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 1 - Jan 26 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 2 - Jan 31 - COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 2 - Jan 31 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 3 - February 2 - COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 3 - February 2 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 4 - February 7 - COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 4 - February 7 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 5 - February 9 - COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 5 - February 9 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 6 - February 14 - COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 6 - February 14 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 7 - February 16 - COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 7 - February 16 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 8 - February 21 - COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 8 - February 21 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 9 - February 28 - COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 9 - February 21 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 10 - March 2 - COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 10 - March 2 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 11 - March 7 - COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 11 - March 7 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 12 - March 9 COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 12 - March 9 PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 13 - March 14 COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 13 - March 14 PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 14 - March 16 - COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 14 - March 16 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Midterm Review - March 21 - COLOR [PDF]
- Midterm Review - March 21 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 15 - April 4 COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 15 - April 4 PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 16 - April 6 - PDF [PDF]
- Lecture 16 - April 6 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 17 - April 11 COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 17 - April 11 PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 18 - April 13 COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 18 - April 13 PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 19 - April 18 COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 19 - April 18 PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 20 - April 20 - COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 20 - April 20 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 21 - April 25 - COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 21 - April 25 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 22 - April 27 - COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 22 - April 27 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 23 - May 2 - COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 23 - May 2 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 24 - May 4 - COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 24 - May 4 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 25 - May 9 - COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 25 - May 9 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- Lecture 26 - May 11 - COLOR [PDF]
- Lecture 26 - May 11 - PRINTABLE [PDF]
- FINAL EXAM REVIEW - COLOR [PDF]
- FINAL EXAM REVIEW - PRINTABLE [PDF]
Online Resources
Links
- Stephen Jay Gould: Evolution as Fact and Theory
- NZ Volcano Evolution story
- Good Mendelian Genetics Tutorial
- Understanding Race by the American Anthropological Association
- Ardipithecus Pictures at Huffington Post
- Ardipithecus story from the New York Times
- Ardipithecus FAQ at JohnHawks Blog
- IDA - Revealing the Link
- Discovering Ardipithecus at Discovery channel
- Uncovering Ardi by John Hawks
- Ardipithecus at Science - requires free registration
- Sj Library Ejorurnals index.
- Gravity is just a Theory
- LEARN GENETICS at the University of UTAH
Assignments
Documents
- Assignment 1 - Due February 7 [PDF]
- Essay 2 - Due March 9 [PDF]
- ESSAY 3 - ARDIPITHECUS - Due April 17 [PDF]
- ESSAY 4 - RACE AND SPECIES IN EVOLUTION [PDF]