First-Year Courses in Biological Anthropology (Division 318)

Fall Term, 1999 (September 8 - December 22, 1999)

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Roberto Frisancho (arfrisan@umich.edu)

Credits: (4).

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The course explores the evolutionary basis for human variability. For this purpose, the course will deal with a review of principles of human evolution, fossil evidence, relationship among human and non-human primates in behavioral and morphological characteristics, human inter-population differences, and environmental factors that account for these differences. The course includes three midterm exams, lab and review session, and final exam.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): John Mitani (mitani@umich.edu)

First-Year Seminar,

Credits: (3).

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A seminar designed for first-year students. Students will be introduced to science as a mode of inquiry by applying Darwin’s theory of natural selection to the behavior of non-human primates. Emphasis will be given to long-term field studies of primates in the wild. One three-hour discussion/lecture. Class participation, weekly writing assignments, and a term paper required.