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Lecturer(s)
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Konečná Martina, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Content of lectures: Biological anthropology and its disciplines.Primates: characteristics, evolution, diverzity of living species, socioecology. Paleoanthropology: fossil record of human evolution, modern human origin. Functional anthropology. Anthropometry and somatometry: bones, muscles, locomotion, bipedalism. Growth. Reproduction. Brain and language
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Demonstration, Projection
- Preparation for exam
- 36 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 18 hours per semester
- Preparation for classes
- 36 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is the introduction of biological anthropology discipline. Lectures will be focused on two main sources of our knowledge of human evolution: living primates and fossil record.
The student will understand the importance of two major sources of information for the evolution of humans, namely the fossil record and the living primates. He-she consolidates knowledge from human biology and is able to evaluate which human features are human uniqueness or heritage from our common ancestors with other species. The student understands the importance of comparative research in current human populations to describe the current variability in humans.
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Prerequisites
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no special requirements
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Combined exam
achieve at least 50% of the score in the written test preparation of the presentation discussion of scientific paper
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Recommended literature
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Boyd, R., Silk, J.B. How humans evolved. W. W. Norton & Company; Fifth edition. (2008).
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Campbell, CH.J., Fuentes, A.MacKinnon, C.,Panger, M., Bearder S.K. (eds.): Primates in Perspective. Oxford University Press. (2006).
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Dixson, A.F. Primate Sexuality: Comparative Studies of the Prosimians, Monkeys, Apes, and Humans. Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition (2012).
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Ellison, P.T. On Fertile Ground: A Natural History of Human Reproduction. 2003.
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McElroy, A., Townsend, P.K. Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective (6th Edition). 2014.
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