Universität Wien

300076 VO Special Paleoanthropology (2024S)

Origins and dispersal of Homo sapiens

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
VOR-ORT
Moodle
Fr 03.05. 09:45-11:15 Seminarraum 1.3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.005, Ebene 1

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Sprache: Englisch

Prüfungstermine

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Fridays 9:45-11:15 am at UBB, Room 1.3 (floor 1)

15.03.24 1. Introduction.
22.03.24 2. Earliest evidence for the genus Homo.
Easter Break
12.04.24 3. Homo erectus.
19.04.24 4. Hominins of the Middle Pleistocene.
26.04.24 5. The emergence of early (Archaic) Homo sapiens.
03.05.24 6. The Neanderthals.
10.05.24 7. The genome searching for a fossil: The Denisovans.
17.05.24 8. The small humans of Island Southeast Asia.
24.05.24 9. Out of Africa.
31.05.24 10. Disappearing from the world.
07.06.24 11. Modern humans and their ultimate dispersals.

Freitag 15.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1.3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.005, Ebene 1
Freitag 22.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1.3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.005, Ebene 1
Freitag 12.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1.3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.005, Ebene 1
Freitag 19.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1.3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.005, Ebene 1
Freitag 26.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1.3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.005, Ebene 1
Freitag 10.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1.3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.005, Ebene 1
Freitag 17.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1.3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.005, Ebene 1
Freitag 24.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1.3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.005, Ebene 1
Freitag 31.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1.3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.005, Ebene 1
Freitag 07.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1.3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.005, Ebene 1

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

This course focuses on the genus Homo and the complex story of the emergence of Homo sapiens. New evidence has emerged over the last two decades that has produced a significantly different story of the evolution of the human lineage. This has shown that there were multiple different types of humans, often overlapping chronologically, and who regularly admixed or interbred with one another. Today there is only one branch remaining; us. How did this happen? What other humans existed who are now extinct and to what extent did we interact with them prior to their disappearance.
In this lecture series we will explore some of the most important discoveries in the field of human evolution and evaluate the evidence for the emergence of Homo. The series is structured as a weekly series of lectures, along with recommended reading lists and links to resources.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Examination in the format of multiple choices and short answer questions/mini-essay

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Minimum requirement to pass: 55%

Prüfungsstoff

Based on lecture slides (Moodle) and bibliographic references given by the lecturer.

Literatur

Scarre. (2009). The human past : world prehistory and the development of human societies (2. ed..). Thames & Hudson. (early chapters).
Stringer, C & Andrews, P. (2011). The complete world of human evolution (Rev. ed., 2. ed..). Thames & Hudson.
Stringer. (2016). The origin and evolution of Homo sapiens. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 371(1698), 20150237–20150237. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0237
Tattersall, I. (2022). Understanding Human Evolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wood, B. 2015. Wiley Blackwell Student Dictionary of Human Evolution (1st ed.). Wiley.
(useful dictionary of terms used in human evolutionary studies)
Wood, B. & Henry, A. 2011. Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of human evolution. Wiley Blackwell.

Popular books and accounts:
Higham, T. 2021. The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins. Penguin.
Humphrey, L and Stringer, C. 2018. Our Human Story: Where we come from and how we evolved.
Tattersall, I. 2012. Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins.
Wragg-Sykes, R. 2020. Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

MAN 1

Letzte Änderung: Do 29.02.2024 10:26