ANTHROPOLOGY 165

INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Instructor: Dr. Robert Barth, barthrj@uwec.edu, Office: P 146, Phone: 836-5185.

Office Hours: 10-11 MWF, 3-4 MW, and by appointment.

Text: Bernard G. Campbell and James D. Loy. 2002. Humankind Emerging, The Concise Edition. Allyn & Bacon, Boston.

Course Objective: To provide a general understanding of the physical variation that exists among human populations and the record for human evolution. The role of both biological and cultural factors in shaping modern humans will be examined.

Liberal Education Learning Goals: This course addresses the following learning goals: knowledge of human culture and the natural world and respect for diversity among people. Materials which can be saved to demonstrate work toward these goals are class notes, examinations, and copies of the critical thinking exercises from the text.

Attendance Policy: In accordance with university policy, attendance is taken. Although there are no penalties for nonattendance, this course is structured in such a way that much of the information is passed on through lectures, videos, slides, and casts. It is difficult to obtain this information without attending class.

Grading: The course grade will be determined on the basis of three exams, each of which is worth 100 points. If you miss one of the first two exams, and your excuse is considered valid by me, you will be permitted to make up that exam on Dec. 12. If you have taken the first two exams, you do not have to attend on that day. The following point totals will be used to assign the final course grade:

276-300=A

270-275=A-

264-269=B+

246-263=B

240-245=B-

234-239=C+

210-233=C

204-209=C-

198-203=D+

183-197=D

180-182=D-

    0-179=F

 Services for Students with Disabilities: Any student who has a disability and is in need of classroom accommodations, please contact me and the Services for Students with Disabilities Office in Old Library 2136 at the beginning of the semester.

Course Outline

Sept. 3 – 19                    Overview of Physical Anthropology. Genetics
                                      Campbell & Loy: pp. 2-9, Chapter 2                                                                                             

Sept. 22 - 26                   Principles and Mechanisms of Evolution
                                      Campbell & Loy: Chapter 3

Sept. 28 – Oct. 6             Human Variation.
                                      Campbell & Loy: Chapter 3

Oct. 8                             First Exam, One Third of Final Grade

Oct. 10 - 13                    Living Primates: Prosimians and New World Monkeys.
                                      Campbell & Loy: pp. 76-87

Oct. 15 - 20                    Living Primates: Old World Monkeys and Apes.
                                      Campbell & Loy: pp. 87-94, pp. 151-161

 Oct. 22 – Nov. 3            Primate Behavior.
                                      Campbell & Loy: Chapter 5

Nov. 5                            Second Exam, One Third of Final Grade

Nov. 7 - 10                     Geological Time. The Nature of the Fossil Record.
                                      Campbell & Loy: pp. 11-18

Nov. 12 - 14                   The Fossil Record for Primate Evolution.

Nov. 17 – Dec. 8            The Fossil Record for Human Evolution.
                                      Campbell & Loy: Chapters 7-12

Dec. 10                           Summary and Review.

Dec. 12                           Make-up day for those with excused absences from tests 1
                                      and 2.

Final Exam

Thursday, Dec. 18, from 8-10 a.m.