Anthropology 168 - Intro to Physical Anthropology
Spring 2003
Lecture - T, TH 10:05 - 11:30am
Lab Sections - F 8:30 - 3:30 pm
Instructor:
Office Hours:
Office Location:
Phone: 		Dr. Dawnie Wolfe Steadman
M 9-10 am, T 3-4 pm
Science 1 Room 233
7-5972
 
 
Teaching Assistants:
Jennifer Bauder
Office Hours: Th 12:00-1:00, F 10:45-11:45; S1-207
David Hopwood
Office Hours: M 3-4, T 1-2; S1-227
Jeremy Wilson
Office Hours: M 12-1, Th 9-10; S1-207
 
 

Course Description:
This course provides an overview of the theories, methods and current issues in biological anthropology. In lectures you will learn about the genetic basis of human variation, micro- and macroevolution, primate evolution and behavior, human evolution, paleopathology, skeletal biology, forensic anthropology and our current understanding of the biological basis for race. Laboratory sessions have a small number of students and are led by the teaching assistants. Labs will provide hands-on access to human and nonhuman primate skeletal material and fossil casts as well as exercises in genetics, phylogeny, comparative anatomy and forensics.

Required Texts:
(JR) John Relethford. (2003) The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology, 5th ed. Guilford, CT: McGraw Hill.
(AE) Annual Editions: Physical Anthropology 03/04. (2003) Guilford, CT: McGraw Hill.
(DF) France, Diane L. (2001) Lab Manual and Workbook for Physical Anthropology, 4th ed.
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Recommended Text:
(DWS) Steadman, Dawnie W. (2003) Hard Evidence: Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Course Requirements:
1. Attendance in laboratory sections is required. Section hopping is not permitted.
2. Assigned readings from the texts are required and will be incorporated into exams, quizzes and discussions.
3. Two exams and one final, all cumulative (100 points each). ALL make-up exams are 100% essay questions.
4. Four graded laboratory exercises (10 points per exercise, 80 points total)
5. Two scheduled and two pop laboratory quizzes (10 points each). There will be NO make-up quizzes. One scheduled quiz score will be dropped.
Grading:        
All grades are based on a standard scale. There is no curving of scores or grades.
A = 93-100% B+ = 87-89% C+ = 77-79% D+ = 67-69% F = <60%
A- = 90-92% B = 83-86% C = 73-76% D = 63-66%  
  B- = 80-82% C- = 70-72% D- = 60-62%
  

 
Week
Date
Topic
Readings and Exercises
  Jan 21

From Tamarins to Testimony

(AE) Articles 2, 39
(DWS) Ch 6, 7
1 Jan 23

Darwin and his predecessors

(JR) Ch 1
(AE) Articles 1, 3, 4


Lab

Scientific method, Big names in
evolution
(AE) Article 43

  Jan 28

 Introduction to Genetics

 (JR) Ch 2
(AE) Article 41
2 Jan 30
Protein synthesis & Mutation
(JR) Ch 2


Lab

Principles of genetics

 (DF) Ch 1 (pp 1-13)
Ex. 1.1-1.3
  Feb 4

 Microevolutionary Forces

(JR) Ch 3, 6
(AE) Articles 6, 7
3 Feb 6
Video - "Children by Design"



Lab

Genetics & heredity

 (JR) Ch 3
(DF) Ch 1 (pp 18-22), Ex. 1.5
  Feb 11
Microevolutionary Forces
(JR) Ch 3, 6
4 Feb 13
Population Genetics
(JR) Ch 3, 6

Lab
Fun with Hardy-Weinberg
 (DF) Ch 1 (pp. 23-29; 35-42) Ex. 1.6
  Feb 18

 Video - "The Amish - A Family
Legacy"; Review for Exam
 (AE) Articles 6, 7
5 Feb 20
       E X A M      I



Lab

Human Osteology, Skeletal Biology

 (DF) Ch 2, Ex. 2.1
(DWS) Ch 1, 21
  Feb 25

 History of physical anthropology and racial studies
 (JR) Ch 5
(AE) Articles 36, 38
6 Feb 27

Biological Basis of Race

 (JR) Ch 5
(AE) Articles 35, 37


Lab

Human Osteology, Skeletal Biology

 (DF) Ch 3, Ex. 3.2
(DWS) Ch 4, 18
  Mar 4
 Human Adaptation
(JR) Ch 7
7 Mar 6

Primate Characteristics

(JR) Ch 8
(AE) Articles 12, 14


Lab

Primate Taxonomy, Primate Overview

 (DF) Ch 5, Ex. 5.1
(AE) Article 17

Mar 8-16
            S P R I N G     B R E A K!

  Mar 18

 Survey of the Living Primates
(Old World and New World)
(JR) Ch 9
(AE) Articles 13, 42
8 Mar 20
 Video "People of the Forest"


Lab

Sociobiology & Reproductive
Strategies
 (JR) Ch 8
(AE) Articles 10, 16 & 23
  Mar 25

 Form, function and bipedalism
Video - "Conversations with Koko"
(JR) Ch 10
(AE) Article 11
9 Mar 27

 Macroevolution
Primate Evolution
 (JR) Ch 4 & 11
(AE) Article 15


Lab

Anatomy of Bipedalism
Primate Evolution
 (DF) Ch 6 & Ch 7, Ex. 6.1
(DF) Ch 9 & Ch 10
  Apr 1

 Definition of hominid
Australopithecines
 (JR) Ch 12
(AE) Articles 25, 26
10 Apr 3
 Early Homo
 (JR) Ch 13

Lab
Review
  Apr 8
    E X A M      I I

11 Apr 10

 Homo erectus

 (JR) Ch 13
(AE) Articles 27, 28

Lab
Paleoanthropology
 (DF) Ch 11 & Ch 12, Ex. 11.1
  Apr 15

 Theories of modern human origins


 (JR) Ch 13
(AE) Article 30
12 Apr 17
 Holiday Break

Lab
Holiday Break
  Apr 22

 Archaic Homo sapiens and Neanderthal

 (JR) Ch 13
(AE) Article 31
13 Apr 24

 Video - "The Last Neandertal?"

 (JR) Ch 14
(AE) Article 29, 32

Lab
Comparative anatomy of the hominids
 (DF) Ch 12, Ex. 12.1
  Apr 29

 Neanderthal and Modern biology and
culture
 (JR) Ch 14
(AE) Article 33
14 May 1

 Human Biology and evolution of
disease
 (JR) Ch 15
(AE) Article 40

Lab
Human Biology I
 Handout
  May 6
 Human Biology
 (JR) Ch 14
15 May 8
 Forensic anthropology
 (DWS) Ch 10, 17

Lab
Human Biology II
 Handout

May 15
    F I N A L    E X A M
2:00-4:00 pm LH 002

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