The Unstoppable Human Species: Archaeology of Human Evolution

(4 Credits)

This course covers the archaeological record of human evolution spanning from ~3 million years up until 12 thousand years ago. This critical period in human evolution witnessed a three-fold increase in our brain size, our range/habitat expansion from portions of Africa to the entire subpolar world, and the emergence of fully “modern” Homo sapiens. During the course you will be introduced to the behavior, ecology, and technology of tool-using humans and their ancestors. We track human cultural evolution from the earliest evidence for culture to discussions about our continuing cultural evolution.