Date

Topics

Required Readings

Assignments and Lecture Schedule

9/1

Theory in Human Biology

Huss-Ashmore

Lecture: Gwen

Trevathan or Hill

(sign up for lecture topic)

Johnston and Little; choose from Gould or Witzig and Holden

9/8

History of Human Biology in the US

Lecture: Gwen

Introduction to Genetics

Weiss; Relethford or Lovejoy

9/15

Lecture: Gwen

Turn in working bibliography

Genetics, Geography and Human Variation

O’Rourke; Weiss or

9/22

Jablonski

Lecture:_________________________

Quantitative variation and genetics

Konigsberg; Varki or

9/29

O'Rourke

Lecture: Gwen

Human adaptation to climate

Beall and Steegmann;

10/6

choose from Beall or

Lecture: _________________________

Ruff

Epidemiology of Human Disease

Sattenspiel; choose

10/13

from Williams or

Lecture: _________________________

Larsen

Human Adaptation to Infectious Disease

Jackson; choose

10/20

McDade or Hutchinson

Lecture: _________________________

bring 2 copies of paper draft

Human Nutritional Evolution

Leonard; choose

10/27

Ungar or Ulijaszek

Lecture: _________________________

Work and Energetics

Ulijaszek; choose

11/3

Aiello or Malina

Lecture: _________________________

Peer review #1 (2 copies of comments)

Evolution of the Human Life Cycle

Bogin and Smith;

11/10

Gluckman or Voland

Lecture: _________________________

Growth Variation: Biological and Cultural Factors

Stinson; choose from

Lecture: _________________________

11/17

Bogin or Temple

bring 2 copies of paper draft

Aging, Sensecence and Human Variation

Harper and Crews;

11/24

Graves or Allen

Lecture: _________________________

12/1

Demography, Population Growth and Fertility Regulation

Gage; Ellison and O’Rourke

Lecture: _________________________ Peer review #2 (2 copies of comments)

Papers due by Friday  12/4 at 12 pm (turn in to me personally or email- if you do not receive confirmation from me that I received your paper than I did not receive your paper- mail it again