ARCH 131 Lecture Notes - Human Evolution, Biological Anthropology, Microsoft Powerpoint

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Welcome to archaeology 131: an introduction to research into the origins of us humans. We will be investigating the course of human evolution from our very early primate ancestors up until the emergence of us modern humans. It will include 14 powerpoint and lecture units that can generally be divided up into 4 major topic sections: The first major section is an introduction to the history of this area of research and an examination of the fundamentals of evolutionary theory and genetics; The second is an introduction to primates and the basic primate condition in terms of both their evolution and primate adaptations as observed among modern, living species of monkeys and apes; This will be paralleled by an abridged survey of the development of material culture and technology; And, the fourth major topic section will be an examination of modern human variation and adaptation.

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