1st Edition
ANTHRO 2050: Introduction to Biological Anthropology With Laboratory
School: University of Missouri (Mizzou )
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Pages: 2Discusses early Homo species and Homo erectus in particular. -
Pages: 2Continues the lecture on gracile australopithecines and covers the robust australopithecines, finishing the australopithecine lectures -
Pages: 2Introduction to Australopithecines and the major branch of Gracile Australopithecines -
Pages: 2Introduces the human fossil record as well as the earliest hominids found -
Pages: 2Continues talking about distinctive features that distinguish humans from apes -
Pages: 2Finishes the lecture on the geological orientation of human fossils, and looks at the major evolutionary differences between humans and apes -
Pages: 2Begins the series of lectures on Humans and Human ancestors by giving an introduction to the human fossil record -
Pages: 2Discussion on primates displaying altruism as well as the dangers primates face in the wild and conservation needed to keep primates here with us in the future. -
Pages: 2Discusses primate cognition in relation to human cognition as well as primate "culture" and whether or not primate behaviors can be considered "culture" -
Pages: 3Covers the social and reproductive behaviors exhibited in various primares -
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Pages: 2An Introduction lecture about apes which was accompanied by in class video -
Pages: 2introduction Lecture on Old World Monkeys accompanied by in class video -
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Pages: 2Overview of the Strepsirhines and their characteristics -
Pages: 2Discusses the main defining characteristics of primates -
Pages: 2Finishes the lectures on evolution and natural selection and begins the lectures on primates -
Pages: 2A look at genetics ideas and theories outside of Mendel's research -
Pages: 2A look at when genetic research and ideas go wrong and the actions of the American Eugenics Movement using genetics to try to breed a superior people -
Pages: 3Using Mendel's ideas of genetics to show some examples of genetics at work in the world -
Pages: 3Finishes the lecture on sexual selection by talking about mate preference and starts the lecture on genetics. -
Pages: 3Finishing talking about sexual selection and the unique traits of sexual selection in humans compared to other primates -
Pages: 2Discusses how natural selection tinkers with traits of organisms and talks about how animals chose mates through sexual selection -
Pages: 2More information on natural selection as well as evidence for evolution over the millions of years of life on Earth