Assignments | 10% | TWENTY PERCENT WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM ALL LATE ASSIGNMENTS | |
Exam 1 | 30 % | 10/15 | covers weeks 1-8 |
Exam 2 | 30 % | 11/12 | covers weeks 9-12 |
Final Exam | 30 % | M1W3: Wednesday, 12/17; 1:45 to 3:45 PM M3W3: Thursday, 12/18; 1:45 to 3:45 PM In other words: if your class meets M/W from 1:40 to 2:55 PM, your final exam is on December 17 if your class meets M/W from 3:05 to 4:20 PM, your final exam is on December 18. | covers weeks 13-17 |
week | dates | topic | readings | assignments, exams |
1 | 8/27 | Introduction, Physical Anthropology, and Evolution | Ch. 1: All | |
2 | 9/1 9/3 |
Labor Day - no class The cell, the DNA, and everything else |
Ch. 3: 53-64 |
Practice Exercise |
3 | 9/8 9/10 |
Mitosis-meiosis (figs. 3.14; 3.15) Introduction to Mendelian genetics |
Ch. 3: 64-79; Ch 2:41-43 | mitosis/meiosis side by side assignment 1 |
4 | 9/15 9/17 |
Population genetics, Hardy-Weinberg Forces of evolution: natural selection |
Ch. 4: 85-96, 98-99 green box Ch. 4: 96-108 |
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5 | 9/22 9/24 |
Forces of evolution: mutation, genetic drift, gene flow Human variation as a result of microevolution |
Ch. 4: 108-116 Ch 5: 119-123 |
assignment 2 |
6 | 9/29 10/1 |
no class no class |
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7 | 10/6 10/8 | Human variation: adaptations
no class |
Ch. 5: 134-150 |
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8 | 10/13 10/14 10/15 | Columbus Day - no class From microevolution to macroevolution; Review EXAM 1 | REVIEW! answeres |
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9 | 10/20 10/22 | Fossil record - an overview Mesozoic mammals, primate origin |
Fossil record, time-line Ch 7:199-211 handout |
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10 | 10/27 10/29 |
Order Primates, overview Primate taxonomy |
Ch 6:153-183 print this handout |
assignment 3 is due on 11/5 See Example |
11 | 11/3 11/5 |
Primate ecological niche Primate Societies |
Flowchart of primates Ch 6:183-193 |
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12 | 11/10 11/12 |
Primate Origins and evolution EXAM 2 | Ch. 8: ALL | Exam 2 - review Exam 2 - Questions answeres |
13 | 11/17 11/19 |
Intro to Hominids; Adaptations to bipedality Australopiths |
Appendix: the skeleton; Fig 6.30-6.31 Human skeleton anatomical planes Ch 9: all | |
14 | 11/24 11/26 |
Australopiths, continued Genus Homo; Homo habilis |
Ch. 9: all Ch. 10: 303-308 |
assignment 4 |
15 | 12/1 12/3 |
Early Pleistocene Hominids: Homo erectus Middle & Late Pleistocene Hominids: archaic Homo sapiens and Neanderthals |
Ch 10: 309-328; Fig. 11.43 Ch 11: 331-354 |
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16 | 12/8 12/10 |
Anatomically Modern Humans Modern humans in Holocene |
Ch 11: 355-370 Ch 12: 381-384; 406-415 |
assignment 5 answers |
17 | 12/15 | Review REVIEW QUESTIONS practice with pictures |
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REVIEW Review Questions, Hominids flowchart Usefull links: Human Family Tree ·· Human Ancestry ·· ·· Fossil Hominids ·· Paleoanthropology Notice, that there might be subtle difference between the terminology used in our class and the terminology used in these web-pages. Use them for illustrative purposes only. Your lecture notes should be your main guide in preparing for the exam. | ||||
FINAL EXAMINATION (30%): M1W3: Wednesday, 12/17; 1:45 to 3:45 PM M3W3: Thursday, 12/18; 1:45 to 3:45 PM In other words: if your class meets M/W from 1:40 to 2:55 PM, your final exam is on December 17 if your class meets M/W from 3:05 to 4:20 PM, your final exam is on December 18. |