Fall 2006 Syllabus

Date

Topics (notes are in Adobe Acrobat [pdf] format)

Readings:

August 24

Orientation; Introduction to Anthropology; Scientific Method

J 1

August 29

Biological Basis of Life: Molecules and Cells; Principles of Inheritance

J 3,4

August 31

F: Exercises 1.1, 1.2 (Click here to get data for Exercise 1.2), 1.3 (For questions 5, 6, and 7 in Lab 1.3 assume that the genes are NOT linked, i.e., for problem 5, assume that the gene for PTC tasting and the gene for free-hanging earlobes occur on different chromosome pairs)

F 1-17

September 5

Development of the Concept of Evolution

J 2

September 7

F: Exercises 1.4,  1.5

F 17-24

September 12

Population Genetics

J 4

September 14

F: Exercises 1.6 (omit questions 3, 5, 6d, 6e, 7d, 8d, 8e; for questions 1, 2, 4 assume they are in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium), 1.7 (omit questions 1-3) (Click here to see how to solve a question in exercise 1.6)

F 25-46

September 19

Introduction to Primates

J 5

September 21

F: Exercise 2.1, 3.1 (Here's France Figure 2.4 corrected--sorry, 2.3 is OK, it's 2.4 that's screwed up! )

F 47-58

September 23

(Saturday--optional) Trip to Birmingham Zoo to do F: Exercises 6.1, 6.2, 6.3. I need to know who will be going by September 14 so we can arrange car pools. (Click here for the map to the zoo and driving directions) (Here's a better set of maps) (Here's a list of the zoo species with some info about each critter). If you are unable to make the trip to the zoo, you can earn the points for this lab by doing the Extra Credit Assignment (click here to find out how).

Here's what you missed--check out our trip!

F 125-133

September 26

Primates

J 6

September 28

F: Exercises 4.1 (measure pictures in lab book--sorry, no bones for now!), 5.1 (click here for instructions)

F 59-124

October 3

Primates

J 6

October 5

Non-Human Primate Evolution; (See last year's exam here)

J 7

October 10

F: Exercises 7.1, 8.1

F 135-158

October 12

First EXAM: Evolution, Genetics, Primates 

October 17

Return Exam, Begin Paleoanthropology

J 8

October 19

No Class--Fall Break

October 24

Introduction to Paleoanthropology

J 8

October 26

F: Exercise 9.1

F 159-170

October 31

Fossil Hominids (part 1) (part 2)

J 9, 10

November 2

F: Exercise 10.1 (skip #5, #10, and #11) (See our lab session with the fossils)

F 171-184

November 7

The Origin of Modern Humans

J 11

November 9

Human Variation: Concepts of variation

J 12

November 14

Race and Ethnicity

J 12

November 16

Culture and natural selection: The Malaria Example      

J 12

November 21

Race, part 2

J 12

November 28

F: Exercise 11.3 (Only answer #2 and #3), 12.1      Extra Credit Assignment Due  

F 209-257

November 30

ABO and Skin Color

J 13

December 5

F: Exercises 11.1 (DO ONLY #3, 5b, 6, 7, 8), 11.2 (OMIT # 4b, 4c, 8, 10, 12)
(See photos of 2003 anthropometry lab session) (data from last class measurements)

F 185-208

December 7

Social Modernization and Biological Adaptation in Samoa (See questions for Second Exam here)

J 14

December 15

Second EXAM: Fossil Man, Human Variation (Friday, 8:00 - 9:15 a.m.)