Paleoanthropology

 

 

ANTH 330 (Paleoanthropology) is taught by Dr. John Relethford in the Department of Anthropology at the State University of New York College at Oneonta, located in (where else?) Oneonta, New York.

A detailed examination of the fossil record of human evolution and the methods of paleoanthropological research. The course covers evolutionary events from the initial divergence of ape and human lines through the origin of anatomically modern humans. Emphasis is on the analysis of morphology and phylogenetic analysis. A substantial part of the course consists of examining, describing, and analyzing fossil cast material.

Prerequisite: ANTH 130 or permission of instructor.

Course syllabus (Fall 2009)

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