ANTH 2110
Biology of Human Variation
Fall 2025
Topics
- Human microevolution
- Social perspectives on human variation and their consequences
- Genetic foundations and distribution of human variation
- Human adaptability
- Disease and other influences on human evolution
- Race science and critical interpretation of human difference
Readings
- Required: Saini, Angela. Superior: The Return of Race Science. Beacon Press, 2019.
- Recommended: Mielke, J. H., L. W. Konigsberg, and J. H. Relethford. Human Biological Variation. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-538740-7.
- Additional readings: Other readings and resources are posted weekly to the course site; individual titles are not supplied in the textbook section.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- syllabus ↗Fall 2025
- Course source ↗
- Additional readings or course materials are supplied through the course site or course pack.; Manually checked cached syllabus text. Required Textbook and Recommended Text headings establish distinct statuses. Topics are from Course Description and the required text; exam schedule and administrative rules are excluded.