Human Evolution: Data from Palaeontology, Archaeology, and Materials Science

Readings

• Campbell, B. G., J. D. Loy, and K. Cruz-Uribe. Humankind Emerging. 9th ed. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 2005. ISBN: 9780205423804.
  Listed reading
• Aiello, L. C., and M. Collard. “Our newest oldest ancestor?” Nature 410 (2001): 526-27.
  Required
• Ambrose, S. H. “Paleolithic technology and human evolution.” Science 291 (2001): 1748-53.
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• Bingham, P. M. “Human evolution and human history: a complete theory.” Evolutionary Anthropology 9, no. 6 (2000): 248-257.
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• Begun, D. R. “Planet of the Apes.” Scientific American 289, no. 2 (August 2003): 74-83.
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• Bunn, H., J. W. K. Harris, G. Isaac, Z. Kaufulu, E. Kroll, K. Shick, N. Toth, and A. K. Behrensmeyer. “FxJj 50: an Early Pleistocene site in northern Kenya.” World Archaeology 12, no. 2 (1980): 109-36.
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• Diamond, J. “The worst mistake in the history of the human race.” Discover 8, no. 5 (May 1987): 64-66.
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• Fischman, J. “Hard evidence.” Discover 13, no. 2 (February 1992): 44-51.
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• Gabunia, L., S. C. Antón, D. Lordkipanidze, A. Vekua, A. Justus, and C. C. Swisher III. “Dmanisi and Dispersal.” Evolutionary Anthropology 10, no. 5 (2001): 158-170.
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• Isaac, G. L. “The food-sharing behavior of protohuman hominids.” Scientific American 238, no. 4 (April 1978): 90-109.
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• Jablonski, N. G., and G. Chaplin. “Skin Deep.” Scientific American 287, no. 4 (October 2002): 74-81.
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• Lahr, M. M., and R. Foley. “Human evolution writ small.” Nature 431 (2004): 1043-44.
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• Lovejoy, O. “Modeling human origins: are we sexy because we’re smart, or smart because we’re sexy?” In The Origin and Evolution of Humans and Humanness. Edited by D. T. Rasmussen. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 1993, pp. 1-28. ISBN: 9780867208573.
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• Mitani, J. C., D. P. Watts, and M. N. Muller. “Recent Developments in the Study of Wild Chimpanzee Behavior.” Evolutionary Anthropology 11, no. 1 (2002): 9-25.
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• Molleson, T. “The eloquent bones of Abu Hureyra.” Scientific American 271, no. 2 (1994): 70-75.
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• Molnar, S. Human Variation. 3rd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991, pp. 212-256, chapter 6. ISBN: 9780134461625.
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• Rightmire, G. P. “Human evolution in the Middle Pleistocene: the role of Homo heidelbergensis .” Evolutionary Anthropology 6, no. 6 (1998): 218-227.
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• Shipman, P., W. Bosler, and K. L. Davis. “Butchering of giant geladas at an Acheulian site.” Current Anthropology 22 (1981): 257-68.
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• Waal, F. de. “Bonobo sex and society.” Scientific American 272, no. 3 (March 1995): 82-88.
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• White, T. D., B. Asfaw, D. DeGusta, H. Gilbert, G. D. Richards, G. Suwa, and F. C. Howell. “Pleistocene Homo sapiens from Middle Awash, Ethiopia.” Nature 423 (2003): 742-747.
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• Wong, K. “Who were the Neandertals?” Scientific American 282, no. 4 (April 2000): 98-107.
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• Wood, B., and M. Collard. “The changing face of genus Homo .” Evolutionary Anthropology 8, no. 6 (1999): 195-207.
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• SES #: 1-2 · TOPICS: Introduction: The Search for Human Ancestors, Approaches to the Study of Human Evolution and an Introduction to Human Osteology · READINGS: Campbell, et al. Chapters 1 and 3.
  Reading assignment
• SES #: 3-4 · TOPICS: Evolutionary Processes and Time Scales · READINGS: Campbell, et al. Chapters 2 and 5, pp. 132-37, appendix 2
  Reading assignment
• Campbell, et al. Chapter 4.
  Required
• Mitani et al. 2002.
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• Campbell, et al. Chapter 5.
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• Begun. 2003.
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• Campbell, et al. Chapters 6, 7, and 8.
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• Aiello and Collard. 2001.
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• Campbell, et al. Chapters 8 and 9. (esp. pp. 240-250.)
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• Isaac. 1978.
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• Lovejoy. 1993.
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• Bingham. 2000.
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• Campbell, et al. Chapter 8.
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• Wood and Collard. 1999.
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• Campbell, et al. Chapter 9.
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• Bunn, et al. 1980.
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• SES #: 14 · TOPICS: The Archaeology of the Early Hominids II: Interpreting Early Hominid Behavior and Current Research Directions · READINGS: Campbell, et al. Chapter 9.
  Reading assignment
• Campbell, et al. Chapter 10.
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• Gabunia, et al. 2001.
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• Campbell, et al. Chapters 11, 12, and 13.
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• Ambrose. 2001.
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• Shipman, et al. 1981.
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• Campbell, et al. Chapters 12 and 13.
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• Rightmire. 1998.
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• Campbell, et al. Chapter 14.
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• Fischman. 1992.
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• Campbell, et al. Chapter 15.
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• White, et al. 2003.
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• Lahr and Foley. 2004.
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• SES #: 22-23 · TOPICS: Modern Homo sapiens I: Cultural Diversity Becomes the Norm · READINGS: Campbell, et al. Chapter 16.
  Reading assignment
• Campbell, et al. Chapter 17.
  Required
• Diamond. 1987.
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• Molleson. 1994.
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• Molnar. Chapter 6.
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• Jablonski and Chaplin. 2002.
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