ANTH& 215 - Bioanthropology w/Lab

6 CR

A hands-on laboratory approach to human biological characteristics, non-human primates, and evolutionary forces. Major topics include human genetics, adaptation, prosimians, monkeys and apes, fossil evidence for human evolution, and the study of biological diversity in contemporary human populations. Either ANTH 205 or ANTH& 215 may be taken for credit, not both. Note: Fulfills Laboratory Science course requirement at BC.

Recommended: Recommended ANTH 100.
Course Outcomes

To demonstrate an understanding of the historical contexts and consequences of natural science and social science concepts developed for and directed at a holistic and comparative approach to human behavior.
To recognize, identify and use the scientific method, in particular the principles of biocultural evolution, and to distinguish coherent arguments based on such principles from other claims.
To show knowledge of the general elementary principles of molecular, Mendelian and population genetics and their synthesis with evolutionary explanation.
To apply contemporary concepts in human biocultural variation, and distinguish such approaches from older paradigmatic formulations.
To recognize behaviors found throughout the primate order with particular attention to the social ecology of primate behavior.
To compare the gross anatomy of modern hominids and non-human primates and gain knowledge of their taxonomic classification.
To demonstrate detailed paleoanthropological knowledge of fossil hominoids and hominids, enabling the contrast, comparison and construction of hypothetical phylogenetic interpretations of hominid lineages and the selective evaluation of competing theories of hominization.

GenEd Outcomes: Creative and Critical Thinking

Scientific Inquiry (Nature of Science)
Critical Thinking/Problem Solving

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