Overview
Description
Detailed consideration of the record of primate and human evolution and paleobiology; review of contributions from paleontology, geology, behavioral biology and ecology.
Requirements
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- explain how anatomical characteristics of humans evolved from earlier primate species of the Tertiary period.
- evaluate how human behavior exhibits similarities and differences from our closest primate relatives in the hominoid superfamily.
- critically apply key behavioral concepts to modern human society, including mating systems, kinship, communication, aggression, and territoriality.
- demonstrate understanding of how to develop and present an argument on some facet of nonhuman primate behavior.