ANTH 150 Human Adaptation

What's it all about?

ANTH 150, Human Adaptation, is a general introduction to the four fields of anthropology: physical anthropology, archaeology, cultural anthropology, and linguistics. In this course, we learn, talk, and write about

Course Information

CRN Meeting times Room Dates SYLLABUS Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4
62021 MWF 10:30-11:20 Palana 212 1/14-5/16 pdf Knowledge Survey
 Knowledge
Survey		 Knowledge Survey
(pdf, doc)		 Knowledge Survey (pdf, doc)
Test is Wed 5/14, 10:30-12:20
62022 MW 5:30-6:55 Palana 227 1/28-5/16 pdf Knowledge Survey (pdf, doc)
Test is Wed 5/14, 5:30-7:20
(this is CORRECT -- it was incorrect in the syllabus)

*PDF files can be read with Adobe Acrobat Reader

Readings

Texts Required

Park, M. A. (2006). Introducing Anthropology: An Integrated Approach. San Francisco: McGraw Hill.
Quinn, D. (1992). Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit. New York: Bantam Books.

Articles Required

week 1 Del Guercio
week 2 Wilford
week 3 Diamond
week 6 de Waal

week 9 Smith
week 10 Geertz
week 11 Maui heiau & Return of Maori Head
week 12 Savage-Rumbaugh

 week 13 Harris
week 14 Bodley
week 15 Small

Class Handouts

Allele Exercises (Evolution: week 3)
Taxonomy of Primates (Primate Order: week 4)
Class Presenation on Race (Powerpoint, PDF)
Handout on Subsistence (Food-getting) Patterns for VDOs (PDF)

Homework Preparation Forms

PDFs of Class Slides

Research Paper

Use this CHECKLIST to prepare your research paper.

Spec: 4-5 pages, based on scholarly sources, keep topics narrow (focussed)

Extra Credit Activities

For all options, write a 1-2 page response paper (describe what you learned, what was useful, how it relates to our class, your thoughts, analyses...)