Anthropology

Publication Date

2013

Course Name

Human Origins

Abstract

Introduction to physical anthropology and archeology. Physical anthropology: evolutionary theory and genetics, the human fossil record, and the study of non-human primates. Archeology scientifically reconstructs past cultures: the basics of archeological data and dating methods, the transformation from a hunting and gathering lifestyle to one based on food production and the consequences of this transformation that include, in some instances, the development of complex sociopolitical institutions and state societies.

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