Biological Anthropology: An Evolutionary Perspective
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
Take a glimpse into our selected primate heritage to understand the forces that continue to shape us.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: What is Biological Anthropology?
- 02: How Evolution Works
- 03: The Debate Over Evolution
- 04: Matter Arising-New Species
- 05: Prosimians, Monkeys, and Apes
- 06: Monkey and Ape Social Behavior
- 07: The Mind of the Great Ape
- 08: Models for Human Ancestors?
- 09: Introducing the Hominids
- 10: Lucy and Company
- 11: Stones and Bones
- 12: Out of Africa
- 13: Who Were the Neandertals?
- 14: Did Hunting Make Us Human?
- 15: The Prehistory of Gender
- 16: Modern Human Anatomy and Behavior
- 17: On the Origins of Homo sapiens
- 18: Language
- 19: Do Human Races Exist?
- 20: Modern Human Variation
- 21: Body Fat, Diet, and Obesity
- 22: The Body and Mind Evolving
- 23: Tyranny of the Gene?
- 24: Evolution and Our Future
Taught by
Barbara J. King
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