Biological Anthropology

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Unit 1: Evolutionary Theory

• What is Biological Anthropology?
• The Scientific Method
• The History of Evolutionary Thought
• Charles Darwin & Darwinian Evolution
• Cell Biology & Genetics
• Genetics & Evolution: Mendelian Genetics
• Genetics & Evolution: The Modern Synthesis
• Human Variation & Race

Propithecus verreauxi (Verreaux's sifaka)

Unit 2: Non-human Primates

• Classification of Living Things
• Skeletal Anatomy 
• Primate Traits
• Taxonomy of the Living Primates
• Primate Ecology and Behavior
• Living Primates: Strepsirrhini
• Living Primates: Haplorrhini: New World Monkeys
• Living Primates: Haplorrhini: Old World Monkeys
• Living Primates: Haplorrhini: Apes
• Fossils and Primate Evolution

Mrs Ples (Australopithecus africanus)

Unit 3: Human Evolution

• Trends of Human Evolution
• Proto and Early Hominins
• Genus Homo
• Stone Tools
• Other Cultural Traits

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