Oct 14, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Catalog

AN 101 - Biological Anthropology


Credit Hours: 3

An examination of the development of the human species using theories of physical anthropology including evolution and adaptation, comparison with non-human primates, changes in the human fossil record, modern human variation, and evolutionary medicine.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • state current Anthropological theory as it relates to the evolution of human species;
  • demonstrate an understanding of the processes of evolution, species change and adaptation in primate species, including humans;
  • discuss the relevance of primate comparisons in understanding human instinctual and social behavior;
  • explain the current structural and organizational framework of the human fossil record; and
  • demonstrate insight into the diversity and variation of human beings as products of adaptation to environment and evolution.


F/S (C, N, S)