Biological anthropology : an evolutionary perspective

✍ Scribed by King, Barbara J

• Publisher: Teaching Co
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 79
• Series: Great courses (DVD)
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Part 1. lecture 1. What is biological anthropology? --
lecture 2. How evolution works --
lecture 3. The debate over evolution --
lecture 4. Matter arising : new species --
lecture 5. Prosimians, monkeys, and apes --
lecture 6. Monkey and ape social behavior --
lecture 7. The mind of the great ape --
lecture 8. Models for human ancestors --
lecture 9. Introducing the hominids --
lecture 10. Lucy and company --
lecture 11. Stones and bones --lecture 12. Out of Africa. Part 2. lecture 13. Who were the Neandertals? --
lecture 14. Did hunting make us human? --
lecture 15. The prehistory of gender --
lecture 16. Modern human anatomy and behavior --
lecture 17. On the origins of Homo sapiens --
lecture 18. Language --
lecture 19. Do human races exist? --
lecture 20. Modern human variation --
lecture 21. Body fat, diet, and obesity --
lecture 22. The body and mind evolving --
lecture 23. Tyranny of the gene? --
lecture 24. Evolution and our future. --
Timeline --
Glossary --
Species sketches --
Bibliography, essential and supplementary reading.

✦ Subjects

Anthropology.;Human beings -- Origin.;Human behavior.