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361. Evolution of Human Behavior. (3h) The application of Darwinian principles to the study of
human nature and culture. Considers the existence, origin, and manifestation of human behavioral
universals and the theoretical and practical implications of individual variability.
362. Medical Anthropology. (3h) The impact of Western medical practices and theory on non-
Western cultures and anthropological contributions to the solving of world health problems.
(CD) P—ANT 111 or 112 or 113 or 114, or POI.
363. Primate Behavior and Biology. (3h) Examines the evolution and adaptations of the order
Primates. Considers the different ways that ecology and evolution shape social behavior. Special
emphasis on the lifeways of monkeys and apes.
364. Primate Evolutionary Biology. (3h) Examines the anatomy, evolution, and paleobiology of
members of the order Primates. Emphasis is placed on the fossil evidence for primate evolution.
Major topics include: primate origins, prosimian and anthropoid adaptations, patterns in
primate evolution, and the place of humans within the order Primates.
365. Evolutionary Medicine. (3h) An explicitly evolutionary approach to complex relationships
between human evolutionary adaptations and health problems related to modern behavior and
culture. P—ANT 111, 113, or 114, or POI.
366. Human Evolution. (3h) The paleontological evidence for early human evolution, with an
emphasis on the first five million years of bio-cultural evolution. P—ANT 113 or POI.
368. Human Osteology. (4h) Survey and analysis of human skeletal anatomy, emphasizing
archeological and anthropological applications and practice. Lab—four hours.
370. Old World Prehistory. (3h) Survey of Old World prehistory, with particular attention to geological
and climatological events affecting culture change. P—ANT 112 or POI.
374. Prehistory of North America. (3h) The development of culture in North America, as outlined
by archeological research, with an emphasis on paleoecology and sociocultural processes.
P—ANT 112 or POI.
376. Archeology of the Southeastern United States. (1.5h) Study of human adaptation in the
Southeast from Pleistocene to the present, emphasizing the role of ecological factors in determining
the formal aspects of culture. P—ANT 111 or 112 or 113 or 114.
377. Ancestors, Indians, Immigrants: A Southwest Cultural Tapestry. (3h) Exploration of factors
that shaped the lives of people in the Southwest with attention to Native American and
Hispanic experience. From kivas to casinos, coyotes to cartels, it links archeological and prehispanic
history to contemporary lifeways in the canyons, deserts, and cities of the U.S./North
Mexico. Also listed as HMN 268. (CD)
378. Conservation Archeology. (1.5h) Study of the laws, regulations, policies, programs, and
political processes used to conserve prehistoric and historic cultural resources.
380. Anthropological Statistics. (3h) Basic statistics, emphasizing application in anthropological
research. A student who receives credit for this course may not also receive credit for BIO 380,
BUS 201, HES 262, or SOC 371. (QR)
381, 382. Archeological Research. (3h, 3h) The recovery of anthropological data through archeological
fieldwork. Students learn archeological survey, mapping, excavation, recording techniques,
and artifact and ecofact recovery and analysis. P—ANT 111 or 112 or 113 or 114, or POI.
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