300078 VO Hominid Evolution (2019W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie

Moodle; Tu 10.12. 14:00-16:00 Hörsaal 1, UZA 1, Biozentrum Althanstraße 14, 1.008A EG

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Details

Language: German

Examination dates

N Tuesday 28.01.2020 14:00 - 15:30 Hörsaal 1, UZA 1, Biozentrum Althanstraße 14, 1.008A EG

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

    
    Tuesday
    08.10.
    14:00 - 14:30
    Hörsaal 1, UZA 1, Biozentrum Althanstraße 14, 1.008A EG
    
    Tuesday
    15.10.
    14:00 - 15:30
    Hörsaal 1, UZA 1, Biozentrum Althanstraße 14, 1.008A EG
    
    Tuesday
    22.10.
    14:00 - 15:30
    Hörsaal 1, UZA 1, Biozentrum Althanstraße 14, 1.008A EG
    
    Tuesday
    29.10.
    14:00 - 16:00
    Hörsaal 1, UZA 1, Biozentrum Althanstraße 14, 1.008A EG
    
    Tuesday
    05.11.
    14:00 - 15:30
    Hörsaal 1, UZA 1, Biozentrum Althanstraße 14, 1.008A EG
    
    Tuesday
    12.11.
    14:00 - 15:30
    Hörsaal 1, UZA 1, Biozentrum Althanstraße 14, 1.008A EG
    
    Tuesday
    19.11.
    14:00 - 16:30
    UZA2 Hörsaal 4 (Raum 2Z221) 2.OG
    
    Tuesday
    26.11.
    14:00 - 16:00
    Hörsaal 1, UZA 1, Biozentrum Althanstraße 14, 1.008A EG
    
    Tuesday
    03.12.
    14:00 - 16:00
    Hörsaal 1, UZA 1, Biozentrum Althanstraße 14, 1.008A EG
    
    N
    Tuesday
    10.12.
    14:00 - 16:00
    Hörsaal 1, UZA 1, Biozentrum Althanstraße 14, 1.008A EG
    
    Tuesday
    17.12.
    14:00 - 16:00
    Hörsaal 1, UZA 1, Biozentrum Althanstraße 14, 1.008A EG
    
    Tuesday
    07.01.
    14:00 - 16:00
    Hörsaal 1, UZA 1, Biozentrum Althanstraße 14, 1.008A EG
    
    Tuesday
    21.01.
    14:00 - 15:45
    Hörsaal 1, UZA 1, Biozentrum Althanstraße 14, 1.008A EG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

What makes us human and how do we differ from our extant and extinct relatives? How, when and where did we become human during our evolutionary history?

This course provides an overview about our evolution from a paleoanthropological viewpoint, discussing the fossil record of our ancestors and extinct relatives and drawing on other fields like comparative anatomy, paleontology, archeology, geology and genetics.

The goal of this course is to gain a basic understanding about our evolutionary past and to understand how we acquired our current knowledge and will learn more in the future.

The following topics will be discussed:
- excavation, classification, primates, Planet of the Apes in the Miocene
- dating methods
- early hominins: bipedal locomotion and adaptations to new habitats
- Australopithecus and Paranthropus
- brain evolution
- Early Homo: the first members of our genus
- Homo erectus
- Homo in the Middle Pleistocene and the origin of Neandertals
- Neandertals
- ancient DNA
- the origin of modern humans
- the dispersal of modern humans

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exam

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

minimum requirement to pass: 50% of full marks

Examination topics

all topics discussed in the lectures

Reading list

Bei Interesse an vertiefender Literatur:

Johanson D, Edgar B, From Lucy to Language, Simon & Schuster

Stringer C, Andrews P, The Complete World of Human Evolution, Thames & Hudson Ltd

Cartmill M, Smith FH, The Human Lineage, John Wiley &Sons Inc

Klein RG, The Human Career: Human Biological and Cultural Origins, The University of Chicago Press

Association in the course directory

BAN 2, BBO 8, BMG 10, BMB 10, BOE 11, BPB 11, BZO 11, EC EA PM 1, UF BU 10, UF MA BU 01, UF MA BU 04,

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