ANTH2061 — Anthropology of Human Nature
ANTH 2061 - Anthropology of Human Nature ANTH 2061 - Anthropology of Human Nature Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Course Description: This class introduces the broad anthropological study of behavior from a Darwinian perspective. Students explore the evidence concerning the evolution of primate behavior and the past several million years of human evolution with a strong emphasis on the behavior of our ancestors. Initial topics include a detailed introduction to natural selection and a brief survey of human evolution. This is followed by readings and lectures on the evolution of primate and human tool use, diet, food-sharing, cooperation, mate selection, sex, child-rearing, and conflict. Finally, the course explores cross-cultural patterns in modern human behavior. MnTC Goals 5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 10 People/Environment Major Content Introduction to Anthropology Human evolution Primate behavior The evolution of human behavior The evolution of human parenting Human universals Human evolutionary psychology Human conflict Social science writing instruction The history of evolutionary thought Learning
Prerequisites: ENGL0950, RDNG0940, RDNG0950, ENGL0090, ESOL0051, ESOL0052