Blackboard

. Reading: Chapters 1 & 2
• Class procedures, policies, etc. What is biological anthropology?
• History of science and evolutionary theory
• Evolution movie

Week 2

. Reading: Chapters 2 & 3
• Biology and evolution
• The world of publications; Discuss ideas assignment; Evolution movie 2

Week 3

MLK day holiday

. Reading: Chapters 3 & 4
• Genetics
Macroevolution

Week 4

. Reading: Chapters 5 & 6
• Introduction to primates; Primate behavior; Primate analogies
Modern human variation and adaptations

Week 5

Reading: Chapter 7
Bones and teeth, fossil formation, Stratigraphy, dating, paleoenvironment
Quiz !!

Week 6

. Reading: Chapters 8 & 9
Chimp movie
Fossil primates
Paleoanthropology

Week 7

. Reading: Chapters 9 & 10
• Origins of hominins; Early hominids - Australopithecus

Week 8

. Reading: Chapters 10

Australopithecus - early Homo
Homo erectus - the middle Pleistocene

Week 9

. Reading: Chapters 10-11 • Middle Pleistocene-neanderthals and
Homo sapiens origins

Midterm

Video-Becoming Human Parts 1 & 2

Week 10

. Reading: Chapters 11 12
•Homo sapiens dispersal • modern human variation• The agricultural revolution • Archaeology, bioarchaeology

VIDEO: TBA

Week 11 Finals Week

ANTH 1100 Grades

The upper chart is how grades are now assigned. In the end I will assign a few B's. The lower chart looks like the final breakdown.

Blackboard

Study aids:

Timeline

Skeleton

Map like one that might be used on the exam

Lectures and online requirements

Calendar

ANTH 1100 Grades