Population genetics applied to problems of human evolution and analysis of human variation. Ecological and Genetic Variation in Human Populations. An outline of the ecological determinants of human genetic variation. Research Strategies in Human Biology. Evaluation of the various research strategies, methods, and techniques used in the study of contemporary human variability.
Students develop individual projects and present it during class.
Human Behavioral Ecology. This course considers the anthropological significance of recent advances in natural selection theory. Students read the primary scientific literature to learn how anthropologists test evolutionary hypotheses about human behavior. Topics in Biological Anthropology. Permission of instructor.