Prof. Anthony P. Andrews
Office: College Hall 212
Office Hours: Wednesday, 1-3
andrews@ncf.edu
Spring 2005
Anthropology Lab
Tues & Fri: 12:30-1:50
http://faculty.ncf.edu/andrews
This course offers an introduction to biological anthropology, and will focus on the origins and evolution of the human species, as well as that of our ancestors and closest relatives among the non-human primates. Special emphasis will be placed on evolutionary theory, primate evolution and behavior, human paleoanthropology, and contemporary human diversity, adaptability, and survivability.
The class format will consist of lectures and class discussions of the issues and readings. Most of the readings are from the required texts listed below; additional articles, available in the library or online, will be assigned. These articles are available on reserve as individual items, in the Ciochon & Fleagle volume (also on reserve), or in the appropriate journals in the journal stacks. Articles with color illustrations (i.e., in Scientific American, Nature, Science, or National Geographic) are best appreciated online or in the original journals. Articles in Nature and Science can be accessed online through Luis. Evaluation of student performance will be based on two exams.
2004 Physical Anthropology 04/05, 13th edition. Annual Editions, Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, Guilford, CN.
2005 Introduction to Physical Anthropology. 10th edition. Wadsworth Publishing Co., Belmont, CA.
1995 The Fossil Trail. Oxford University Press, New York & London (Paperback 1997).
The above texts, and many of the individual articles listed below; several of the articles are reprinted in the following volume, also on reserve:
1993 The Human Evolution Source Book.
1989 Blueprints. Solving the Mystery of Evolution. Little, Brown and Co.,
Multiple copies of each National Geographic article have been placed on reserve. Articles in National Geographic, Scientific American, Nature, and Science are also available in the journal stacks. Nature is available online at http://sfx.fcla.edu/usf?sid=sfx:e_collection&issn=0028-0836. Science is at http://www.sciencemag.org/ ; pre-Oct. 1995 issues are at http://www.jstor.org/journals/00368075.html . Annual Review of Anthropology is at http://sfx.fcla.edu/usf?sid=sfx:e_collection&issn=0084-6570. Consequences is available online at: www.gcrio.org/CONSEQUENCES/introCON.html
Jurmain et al.: Chaps. 1 & 2.
Tattersall: Chaps. 1-5.
Angeloni: Chaps. 1 (Futuyma), 2 (Thomson), 3 (Mayr), 4 (Rennie), 5 (Huyghe)
Edey & Johanson: Parts I-III (Chaps. 1-6).
Jurmain et al.: Chaps. 3 & 4
Edey & Johanson: Parts IV-V (Chaps. 7-15)
The Human Genome. The Economist, 356 (8177; July 1, 2000).
Jurmain et al.: Chap. 6
Angeloni: Chaps. 10 (Sapolsky), 11 (Goodall), and 14 (Waal).
1995 Jane Goodall. National Geographic, 188 (6): 102-29.
Jurmain et al.: Chaps. 7 & 8
Angeloni: Chaps. 9 (Smuts), 13 (Boesch & Boesch-Achermann)
Jurmain et al.: Chap. 5
Angeloni: Chaps. 12 (Stanford), 19 (Small), and 20 (Smuts).
Tattersall: begin reading Chaps. 6-11, 14 (finish by end of break).
Jurmain et al.: Chaps. 9 & 10.
Angeloni: Chaps. 21 (Stone), 23 (Lemonick & Dorfman)
2002 Hominid Revelations from Chad. Nature, 418 (6894): 133-35.
2002 In Search of the First Hominids, Science, 295 (5558): 1214-19.
2002 Were "Little People" the First to Venture Out of Africa? Science, 297 (5578): 26-27.
Angeloni: Chap. 24 (Shipman).
1981 The Origin of Man. Science, 211 (4480): 341-50. Also in Ciochon & Fleagle: 230-43.
1994 East Side Story: The Origin of Humankind. Scientific American, 270 (5; May): 88-95.
2000 Once We Were Not Alone. Scientific American, 282 (1; January): 56-62.
1986 The Changing Role of Women in Models of Human Evolution. Annual Review of Anthropology, 15: 25-66. Also in Ciochon & Fleagle: 243-62.
Jurmain et al.: Chap. 11.
Angeloni: Chaps. 25 (Shreve), and 26 (Boaz and Ciochon).
Jurmain et al.: Chaps. 12 & 13.
Tattersall: Chaps. 12-13, 15-17.
Angeloni: Chaps. 27 (Trinkaus), 28 (Bower), and 29 (Cartmill) .
1997 The Dawn of Humans. The First Europeans. National Geographic, 192 (1): 96-113.
1996 The Dawn of Humans. Neandertals. National Geographic, 189 (1): 2-35.
2004 Paleoanthropology: Human evolution writ small. Nature, 431 (7012; Oct. 28): 1043-44.
Jurmain et al.: Chap. 14
Angeloni: Chaps. 31 (Preston), 32 (Marks), and 33 (Rensberger).
Jurmain et al.: Chap. 15
Angeloni: Chaps. 7 & 8 (Diamond), 22 (Leonard), 34 (Bogin)
Jurmain et al.: Chap 16.
Angeloni: Chaps. 37 (Peterson), 39 (Armelagos), and 4 (Oliwenstein).
1995 Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Agricultural and Food Supply. Consequences, 1 (2): 23-32*.
1997 Climate, Ecology, and Human Health. Consequences, 3 (2): 3-19.*
2001 The end of world population growth. Nature, 412 (6846; Aug. 2): 543-45.
2005 The Ends of the World as we Know Them. The New York Times, January 1, 2005: A21.
* NOTE: Consequences articles available online at: www.gcrio.org/CONSEQUENCES/introCON.html