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Environmental Courses

Human Evolutionary Biology 1315. Ecology of Modern Hunter Gatherers - (New Course) 2051
K.L. Kramer Spring M., W., 11
This course focuses on the variable ways that hunter-gatherers interface with their environment and make their living, and the implications of this subsistence strategy for their biology and behavior. During the first part of the course, key theoretical issues and debates that surround the study of modern hunter/gatherers will be discussed. Once this foundation is laid, the course will survey modern and historic hunter-gatherers from all the major geographic regions of the world.

Human Evolutionary Biology 1415 (formerly Anthropology 1415). Primate Evolutionary Ecology: Research Seminar 6341
C. D. Knott Fall TBA
Prerequisite: An introductory course in Biology, Science B-29, or permission of instructor.
An exploration of interactions between primates and their environments in an evolutionary context. Lectures discuss the influence of ecological processes on primate behavioral and morphological adaptations. Topics include environmental influences on social structure, mating systems, ranging and intergroup spacing, diet and nutrition, juvenile development, and reproductive, energetic physiology, and comparisons between the great apes. Projects will involve learning methods of primate observation, energetic analysis and ecological investigation to explore socioecological questions using local vertebrates.

*Human Evolutionary Biology 1580 (formerly *Anthropology 1580). Paleoecology and Human Evolution 3509
J.C. Barry Spring Tu, 1:30–3:30
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
A lecture-seminar course on the principles of paleoecology, including methods used to reconstruct past climate and ecosystems. There will be an emphasis on the ancient environments and paleoecology of early hominids. May be taken as a Research Seminar in Biological Anthropology.