Graduate Seminar in Human Evolutionary Biology

Harvard FAS

Human evolutionary biology seeks to understand why humans are the way we are and how we came to be. In this course, we will discuss adaptations and the process of adaptation using examples from various subfields of human evolutionary biology, including anatomy, physiology, ecology, genetics/genomics, life history, social organization, cognition, and culture. This course is intended to provide an intermediate-level survey of our field, ensure your familiarity with key concepts, and help…