Nov 13, 2013 ... Annual Editions: Physical Anthropology 13/14 (22nd Edition), 2012. ...
9780078135903 (You can get by with one of the earlier editions, if you.
Introduction to Anthropology: Biological
Fall 2013
Tentative Course Schedule & Reading Assignments rev. 11/13/2013 The reading quizzes are based on the required readings and are due before 5pm on the date listed. This is generally before the Monday lecture when we will be focusing on that topic. Late quizzes will get reduced credit. Specific reading assignments and revisions to the schedule are available online or on Blackboard. Cabrillo College Critical Dates are available online. Required readings are from: Annual Editions: Physical Anthropology 13/14 (22nd Edition), 2012. Elvio Angeloni (editor), McGraw Hill, Boston. ISBN 0078135907 / 9780078135903 (You can get by with one of the earlier editions, if you are willing to make copies of a few articles that it won’t have. The 12/13 edition is also available as an e-book.) These readings are listed below as “AE” and the chapter number from the 13/14 edition. Additional required readings or other materials will be online; follow the links from this PDF or on Blackboard. A frequent online source, O’Neil’s online Biological Anthropology Tutorials at http:/anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/biological.htm, also has excellent supplemental study materials. Optional readings noted in italics. Optional readings are from AE, from online sources and from: How Humans Evolved (6th Edition), 2012. R. Boyd & J. Silk, WW Norton, NY (listed as HHE). About This Course Module: First Quiz (read Syllabus & review Blackboard), Sustainability Confidence Survey: due 9/13
Posting to Welcome and Introductions Discussion Board by 9/13, follow-up post by 9/23
Part I: Evolutionary Theory & Genetics 1. Evolution and Natural Selection: due 9/16 AE1.“Was Darwin Wrong?” Quammen AE 2.“The Facts of Evolution” Shermer AE 3. “Evolution in Action” Weiner HHE Prologue “Why Study Human Evolution?” HHE 1.”Adaptation by Natural Selection” AE5. “The Latest Face of Creationism” Branch & Scott AE6. “Why Should Students Learn Evolution” Alters & Alters
Online Darwin and Natural Selection Online Evidence of Evolution
2. Genetics: due 9/23 Online Mendelian Genetics Online Recombination and Linkage (continued next column )
Online Molecular Level of Genetics AE 8. “The 2% Difference” Sapolsky AE 30.”Can White Men Jump?...” Shenk AE 40. “The Curse and Blessing of the Ghetto” Diamond Online “The Risks and Rewards of Royal Incest” Dobbs HHE2. “Genetics” AE41. “Ironing It Out” Moalem Online “King Tut’s Family Secrets” Hawass
3. The Modern Synthesis, Speciation and Phylogeny: due 9/30 Online Modern Theories of Evolution (all subsection readings) Online “Dr. Darwin” Oliwenstein Online (Blackboard) “How the Dog Got Its Curly Tail” Wilson Online (Blackboard) “The Salamander’s Tale” Dawkins HHE3. “The Modern Synthesis” HHE4. “Speciation and Phylogeny” Online Classification of Living Things
Posting to Part I: Evolutionary Theory & Genetics Discussion Board by 10/1, follow-up by 10/7 Mid-Term Exam 1: Evolutionary Theory & Genetics available 10/8-10/14
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Part II: The Living Primates
Part III: Fossils & Hominins
1. Introduction to the Primates: Diversity, Conservation, Social Ecology: due 10/21
1. Intro to Paleoanthropology: due 11/19 11:59pm
Online Primates (all subsection readings) Online Ecosystem Principles AE 11. “Dim Forest, Bright Chimps” Boesch & Boesch-Achermann Online (Blackboard). “Married to the Mob” Gursky-Doyen Online “A Quest to Save the Orangutan” Brubaker
Online Record of Time (all subsection readings) Online Early Primate Evolution (all subsection readings) Online Early Hominin Evolution (all subsection readings) AE 17. “The Human Family's Earliest Ancestors” Gibbons AE 18. “First of Our Kind” Wong HE9. “From Tree Shrew to Ape” HHE10. “From Hominoid to Hominin” HHE11. “Oldowan Toolmakers and the Origin of Human Life History”
HHE5. “Primate Diversity and Ecology”
Project Choice due 10/24 2. Primate Mating Systems, Social Behavior and Strategies: due 10/28 Online Primate Behavior Background Online Primate Social Structure AE 7. “First, Kill the Babies” Zimmer AE 12. “Peace Among Primates” Sapolsky AE 13. “What Are Friends For?” Smuts AE 14. “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” Small AE 16. “Mothers and Others” Hrdy HHE6. “Primate Mating Systems” HHE7. “The Evolution of Cooperation” AE15. “The Double Life of Women” Paul
Posting to Part II: The Living Primates Discussion Board by 11/4; follow-up by 11/12
3. Primate Intelligence and Culture: due 11/4 Online Primate Adaptations of Group Living Online Primate Communication AE 9. “The Mind of the Chimpanzee” Goodall AE 10. “Got Culture?” Stanford AE 26. “A Bigger, Better Brain” Bearzi & Stanford HHE8. “Primate Life Histories and the Evolution of Intelligence”
2. Genus Homo: due 11/26 11:59pm Online Early Human Evolution (all subsection readings) Online Homo heidelbergensis Online Neandertals AE 19. “Rethinking Neanderthals” Alper AE 20. “Twilight of the Neanderthals” Wong AE 21. “A New View of the Birth of Homo sapiens” Gibbons AE 22. “Meet the New Human Family” Neimark AE 29. “The Naked Truth” Jablonski HHE12. “From Hominin to Homo” HHE13. “Homo sapiens and the Evolution of Modern Human Behavior” Online Archaic Human Culture
3. Homo sapiens: due 12/3 11:59pm Online Early Modern Homo sapiens AE 31.”Skin Deep” Jablonski & Chaplin AE 32. “How Real Is Race?...” Mukhopadhyay & Henze AE 34. “Dead Men Do Tell Tales” Maples AE 39. “The Inuit Paradox” Gadsby Online Early Modern Human Culture HHE14. “Human Genetic Variation” HHE15. “Evolution and Human Behavior” HHE16. “Human Mate Choice and Parenting” AE28. “Refuting a Myth about Human Origins” Shea AE33. “The Tall and the Short of It” Bogin
First Team Project contribution by 11/8
Mid-Term Exam 2: The Living Primates available 11/5-11/12
Posting to Part III: Hominins Discussion Board by 12/5; follow-up by 12/9 All Team Project online work by 12/11 Final Exam online 12/12-12/18 – Team Presentations in Class during Finals Week MW Class: Monday 12/16, 6pm TuTh Class: Thursday 12/19, 8am Cabrillo College Critical Dates Fall 2013 Last day to drop a full-term section with a grade of "W"
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