1Anthropology 1001Human Evolution11Today’s Objectives• Description of the course structure• Introduction to anthropology, science, and evolution• Evolutionary Theory• Darwin22Anthropologyanthropos = ‘human’ + ology = ‘the study of’332Course StructureTwo part approach: learn about the present first, in order to understand the past44Course StructureTwo part approach: learn about the present first, in order to understand the past553 Sources of Information1) Readings: introductory background & details in narrative form.2) Labs: details and hands-on experience.3) Lecture: the big picture & new material, including documentaries.663Textbooks• Stanford, C.S., Allen, J.S., and Antón, S.C., 2013. Biological Anthropology, 3rdedition. Pearson Higher Education.77Lab ManualAnthropology 1001 Human Evolution Lab Manual for Spring 20148Moodle2 Course Website• PDF files of lecture slides for you to view or print out. The slides on a given topic will be posted after the lecture.• Syllabus, assignments, exam keys, etc. available to view or print out.994Grade Assessment: Exams• 2 midterm exams (17.5% each) and one final exam (20%)• Objective questions (multiple choice, T/F, matching, etc.)• No exam study guides• Make-ups only for documented emergencies1010Grade Assessment: Lab• Lab participation & pre-lab assignments (35%) • Must attend your assigned lab section each week• You cannot pass the class if you do not complete the labs• No food or drink in the lab• THERE IS NO LAB THIS WEEK!1111Grade Assessment: Lab• Pre-lab Reading: found in your lab manual – Read these PRIOR to lab each week• Pre-lab Assignments (15%) – To be submitted via the “quizzes” section of the Moodle 2.4 website– Found on class website on Wednesday 10am the week before it is due• Lab participation & practicums (20%) – Found in your lab manual with accompanying reading– Make sure to bring your manual to lab every week12125Grade Assessment: Lab• Pre-lab assignments– 3 clicks to submit the pre-lab assignments in Moodle1) “Save and continue”2) “Submit and finish”3) Box will pop up asking to confirm submit and finish13Grade Assessment: Active Learning Assignments• Active Learning Assignments, given in lecture (10%)– 8 best scores will be compiled for this grade• Variety of in-class activities that are assigned and collected during lecture1414Grade Assessment• There is NO extra credit• Pass/Fail grading: C- or better for an “S”• Withdrawal or Incomplete: may be given only after consultation with instructor priorto the end of the term.156How to contact me• Aaron Armstrong• Office Hours:– Wednesday 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm– 375 Humphrey Center• Email:– [email protected] to contact your TA• Kia Atsales• Office Hours:– Tuesday 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm– Blegen 320 • Email:– [email protected] note on safety• University Police Escort Service: 612-624-9255• University Motorist Assistant Program:– Dead battery– Flat tire– Locked out– 612-626-7275187Any Questions?1919Is this a hard class?2020218apple spoonnewspaperlight bulbmagazineSwitzerlandpicturePost-it notesballoondoorumbrellastartreepotcappuccino calculatorpoisonMinnesotaLady GagaradiationgrassJoe Mauerpregnantwalk22222323homininiliumbifacehomologypolymorphismstratigraphyadaptationhaplorhineDmanisilemurgenotypefitnessallelecladisticsaustralopith sagittal crestmutationJean LamarckRaymond DartOlduvai Gorgepronogradepleiotropyprognathictaxon24249252510. magazine12. Minnesota3. calculator 11. newspaper18. radiation23. umbrella7. Joe Mauer9. light bulb6. grass 14. poison8. Lady Gaga5. door1. apple4. cappuccino2. balloon22. tree15. Post-it Notes13. picture21. Switzerland16. pot20. star17. pregnant19. spoon24. walk262610. hominin12. ilium3. australopith11. homology18. polymorphism23. stratigraphy7. fitness9. haplorhine6. Dmanisi 14. lemur8. genotype5. cladistics1. adaptation4. biface2. allele 22. sagittal crest15. mutation13. Jean Lamarck21. Raymond Dart16. Olduvai Gorge20. pronograde17. pleiotropy19. prognathic24. taxon272710Hard Class ≠ Hard Class to Pass2828Classroom Conduct292930Student Perceptions of Classroom Incivility • Midwestern public university• N = 3,616• Students asked to rate behaviors on degree of incivility and frequency of behaviorBjorklund & Rehling 2010, College TeachingWhat do you think was rated both most uncivil and most frequent?30115 behaviors that are ranked both highly uncivil and common• Arriving late or leaving early• Allowing cell phone to ring• Using computer to do non-class work• Text messaging• Packing up books before class is over3131Any Questions?32What does it mean to be human?3312Evolutionary Theory…34Evolution, sometimes a culturally charged issue35There is no necessity for religion and evolutionary biology to be in conflict. (Stephen Jay Gould)Individuals with religious beliefs should embrace the opportunity evolutionary biology gives to religion and philosophy to define our moral understanding of life, unrestricted by the workings of the natural world.3613Scientific ReasoningYou must be willing to disprove your hypothesis with data collected in the observable world37Features of Science• Testable hypotheses– Ideas can be falsified with data collected in the real world• Theoretically consistent across disciplines – e.g., physics, chemistry, biochemistry, biology, psychology• Scientific research is carried out by fallible, biased individuals• Scientists don’t have all the answers – Not as a group nor as individuals– Ongoing• Self-improving and self-correcting process– In the long-run, good ideas win383914Peer Review Process4041Spinning scienceData and the Ladder of Abstraction42criticism of interpretationinterpretation of popularizationspopularization of results and criticismscriticism of resultscontextualization of resultsinterpretation of resultsanalysesdataWhere does the public typically access knowledge?15Spinning scienceData and the Ladder of Abstraction43criticism of interpretationinterpretation of popularizationspopularization of results and criticismscriticism of resultscontextualization of resultsinterpretation of resultsanalysesdataWhere does the public typically access knowledge?MostlyRarelyUniversitycourses?Grad and post-gradresearchAny Questions?44Charles Darwin’s Radical IdeaComplexity of organisms and ecosystems are merely byproducts of individual animals struggling to
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