Biological Anthropology II

1.00 credits · Undergraduate

This course will introduce the students to the primates. The formation of behavioural traits and their association with activity and sociality will be discussed. The details of primate behaviour will also include the evolution of primate social behaviour and reproductive asymmetry. The human fossil record will be examined to understand the relationship between brain size and the evolution of language and intelligence. Modern day approaches to biomedical anthropology will also be introduced.