PALOMAR COLLEGE ANTHROPOLOGY 100

Spring 2005 

Course Schedule

Instructor: D. Chris Henley

Text: Robert Jurmain, et.al. Essentials of Physical Anthropology 5th ed.

DATE

TOPIC

CHAPTER

1/18

Introduction to the course: Things to come!

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1/25

Science and Humankind: How about a date?

1 & 10

2/1

Vertebrate Evolution: Chicken or Egg?

2 - 3

2/8

Evolution: Did Darwin get it right?

4 - 5

2/15

 Evolution: You can get here from there!

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2/22

EXAM AND REVIEW

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3/1

Primates, Part 1: Parts isn't Parts!

7

3/8

Primates, Part 2: Does a monkey have an uncle?

8

3/15

Primates, Part 3: Where did Kong Go Wrong?

9

3/29

EXAM AND REVIEW

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4/5

Hominoid Evolution: It's all in the family!

11

4/12

Pleistocene Hominids: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds!

12

4/19

Pleistocene Hominids: When Homo was Erectus!

13 

4/26

Neanderthals: Who are those guys? Modern Humans: Are we there yet?

14

5/3

Modern Humans: Are we there yet?

15

5/10

REVIEW

5/20

EXAM AND REVIEW

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