ANTH2140 — Humans and the Environment
ANTH 2140 - Humans and the Environment ANTH 2140 - Humans and the Environment 3 Credits Introduces the complex relationship between humans and the environment. Students will analyze how changing paleo-climates shaped human evolution and explore the interdependence between humans and the environment today. Students will study a variety of contemporary and historical cultural groups in terms of their production, consumption, social organization, and worldview. Students will learn how successful adaptation to climate and geography, the conservation of species, and management of available resources have contributed to survival or collapse of societies in documented cases. Students will interpret what humanity can learn about sustainability from these cases and the empirical knowledge systems of traditional cultural groups. Major Content Areas Paleo-climates and human evolution The Neolithic transitions Contemporary and historical cases of adaptation and maladaptation Traditional and indigenous adaptive cultural practices Climate change and global inequalities today Learning