Introduction to Physical Anthropology

Fall, 2007

Instructor: Heflin

 

CLASS SCHEDULE

 

Week

Dates

Topics

Readings

1

8/27-9/2

Syllabus

 

2

9/3-9/9

9/7 = last day to

drop without a “W”

Introduction to Anthropology

Chapter 1

3

9/10-9/16

Evolutionary Scholars

Chapter 2

4

9/17-9/23

Genetics

Chapter 3

5

9/24-9/30

Inheritance

Chapter 4

6

10/1-10/7

Primate Evolution

Chapter 5

7

10/8-10/14

Non-human Primates

Chapter 6

8

10/15-10/21

Non-human Primate Behavior

Chapter 7

9

10/22-10/28

Zoo Primate Project &

Midterm Exam Due

Exam Questions will be posted on-line by noon on 10/25, and you have until noon on 10/26 to e-mail me your exam and project!

10

10/29-11/4

Early Hominids

Chapter 8

11

11/5-11/11

11/5 = last day to drop with a “W”

Homo erectus

Chapter 9

12

11/12-11/18

Archaic Homo sapiens

Chapter 10

13

11/19-11/25

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

 

 

14

11/26-12/2

Homo sapiens sapiens

Chapter 11

 

 

Research Paper Due

by noon on 12/3!

 

15

12/3-12/9

Human Adaptation and Variation

Infectious Disease

Chapter 12

16

12/10-12/16

The Human Life Cycle

Chapter 13

17

12/17-12/19

Final Exam Due

Exam Questions will be posted on-line by noon on 12/18, and you have until noon on 12/19 to e-mail me your exam!