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BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR ANTHROPOLOGY 362 - SPRING 2014 Instructor: R.W.Sussman Office: Macmillan 102, Office hours: MW 11-12 and by appointment Text: The Biological Basis of Human Behavior + readings on line (see attached reading list) Course Requirements: 200 points: 2 exams in lecture 100 points: participation in discussion group Part I: Introduction: Evolution and the Origins of Variability Aug. 27 - Sept. 19 A. Why Anthropology? B. Variability and Evolutionary Forces 1. Sources of genetic variability - Meiosis 2. Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium 3. Mutation, selection, gene drive, and gene flow 4. Is selection still occurring in modern humans? Part II: Introduction: What did we inherit from our ancestors? Sept. 19 - Oct. 3 A. Taxonomy and vertebrate evolution 1. Taxonomy and systematics 2. Major adaptive shifts and vertebrate evolution B. Primates 1. What is a primate - taxonomy 2. What is a primate - morphology 3. What is a primate - origins and adaptive shift C. The earliest human primates Part III. Evolutionary History: Evolution of Human Behavior Oct. 3 -Oct. 17 A. Early hominid behavior 1. Overview of human evolution 2. The earliest hominids - Australopithecines 3. Models of early human behavior 4. The repeated myth of Man the Hunter/ Man the Killer B. Origins of modern humans 1. Early archeological evidence of Homo sapiens 2. Deception in primates and self deception in humans 3. What is culture? Part IV. Man as a Biological Species Oct. 17 - 31 A. Races and racism 1. Human population growth and dispersal 2. What is race and subspecies in biology 3. History of racism 4. Are there human races? Part V. The New Biological Determinism Oct. 31 - Nov. 28 A. Evolutionary Psychology, Evolutionary Anthropology, etc. 1. The nature of human universals 2. Are we inherently infidels? 3. Are we inherently violent? 4. What did we inherit? Part VI. Hormones, the Brain and Behavior Nov. 28 – Dec. 10 A. B. C. D. Sex differences and the brain Hormones and behavior Stress, hormones and social context The evolution of the brain and human consciousness ANTHRO 362/SPRING 2014 Sussman INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL Aug. 27 Syllabus - Course organization and why anthropology? 29* Organize discussion sections Sept 1 Holiday 3 Origins of genetic variability - why are we all different? 5* Discuss chapters 1–3; Weiss&Buchanan; Cloud. 8 Mendelian Genetics 10 Forces of evolution 12* Discuss chapter 5; Sargis; Changizi; Tattersall “Evolutionary framework (only to Arrvial of Homo sapiens); Balter. EVOLUTION OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR 15 Selection and modern humans 17 Zoological names and vertebrate evolution 29* Discuss Chapters 11, 13-15; 18-19. 22 What is a primate – taxonomy/morphology (ppnt) 24 Primate origins - a major adaptive shift (ppnt) 26* Discuss Chapters Sussman&Hart; 21; Tattersall(from arrival of Homo sapiens); 25. 29 Primate origins (ppnt) Oct. 1 Hominid origins/another adaptive shift/deception(ppnt) 3* MIDTERM 6 The recurrent Man the Hunter/Man the Killer myth(ppnt) 8 Man the Hunted (ppnt) 10* Review midterm, discuss Chapters Allen&Templeton; 2829; Graves. RACE AND RACISM 13 Early human diversity –lecture: – Does race exist? 15 Biological Concept of Race (Guest lecture) 17* HOLIDAY 20 Race and racism (ppnt) 22 Race and racism (ppnt) 24* Discuss Chapters 31-33; 38. THE NEW BIOLOGICAL DETERMINISM OR NOT 27 Race and racism (ppnt) 29 Intro to Sociobiology (ppnt) + Video 31* Discuss Chapters Sussman(History of Racism); 39. Nov 3 Are we infidels by nature? Video 5 Guest Lecture – Gender roles 7* Discuss Chapters 40-44; Sussman (What a tangled web). 10 Demonic Males - Video 12 Are nonhuman and human primates violent by nature? BRAINS AND HORMONES 14* Discuss Jones; Vogel; MacKinnon & Fuentes; Sussman & Garber; Pope 17 Guest Lecture – A gene for violence? 19 Open for Makeup lecture or open discussion 21* Open discussion – Discuss Hauser et al.; Siegel; Chapters 51, 57 25 The evolution of cooperation (ppnt) 26-28 Thanksgiving Break Dec. 1 Evolution of cooperation {ppnt) 3 Evolution of cooperation (ppnt) 5* Discuss Ripley; Gibson; Rilling; Hart & Sussman (evolution of cooperation); Chapter 59.