ANTH 1105: Introduction to Biological Anthropology

3 Credit Hours

This course examines humans from biological and evolutionary perspectives. Topics of survey and analysis include systems of genetic inheritance and evolution, primate behavior and ecology, the human fossil record, modern human biological variation and adaptation, forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology, and interactions between human biology and culture.

Course Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

Apply theories and methods in physical anthropology to explain how this field of study uses the scientific method to answer questions about humans in the past and present.
Explain the timeline and processes of human and non-human primate evolution and identify anatomical, genetic, and behavioral relatedness between species.
Describe the principles of modern human biological variation using evolutionary and biocultural concepts.