Biological Anthropology An Evolutionary Perspective

Author(s): Barbara J. King

Series: The Great Courses

Publisher: The Teaching Company, Year: 2002

Description:
(24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)
Course No. 1573
Taught by Barbara J. King
The College of William and Mary
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Course Lecture Titles
1. What is Biological Anthropology?
2. How Evolution Works
3. The Debate Over Evolution
4. Matter ArisingNew Species
5. Prosimians, Monkeys, and Apes
6. Monkey and Ape Social Behavior
7. The Mind of the Great Ape
8. Models for Human Ancestors?
9. Introducing the Hominids
10. Lucy and Company
11. Stones and Bones
12. Out of Africa
13. Who Were the Neandertals?
14. Did Hunting Make Us Human?
15. The Prehistory of Gender
16. Modern Human Anatomy and Behavior
17. On the Origins of Homo sapiens
18. Language
19. Do Human Races Exist?
20. Modern Human Variation
21. Body Fat, Diet, and Obesity
22. The Body and Mind Evolving
23. Tyranny of the Gene?
24. Evolution and Our Future