When offered, the current description and title is found in the current Schedule of Classes and the Anthropology Department web-site. The act of drinking alcohol is infused with meaning that derives from biologically and culturally determined cues. The aim of this course is to consider the impact of genetics, culture, and environment in applied anthropological research on addiction. This course examines reproductive biology and its evolution among the order Primates. Lectures cover the hormonal control of sexual and parental behavior, the evolution of mating systems, mating tactics, and sexual selections.
Human reproduction is considered in comparative perspective.
Lectures cover major stages of human evolution, time ranges, distribution, archaeology, and distinctive morphology. Seminar complements students' research in the Academic Internship Program in physical anthropology at the Museum of Man. Readings and discussions focus on anatomy, pathology, and classification and x-ray analyses of skeletal remains. Department approval required. Focus on problems of analysis in observational study of animal behavior and conservation in relation to ethological studies.