Human Adaptability and Environmental Stress

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course examines the human capacity to adapt to a wide array of environmental (physical and social) stressors. Topics include adaptation to extreme environments (e.g. cold, hot, high altitude); (mal)adaption to modern and urban conditions (e.g. sleep, crowding, noise, pollution); and the role of genetics, culture/behaviour, and epigenetics in human adaptation. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 200-3 or permission of the instructor Preclusion(s): ANTH 312-3