Appalachian State University Fall Semester

 

 

My office is located at 401 Sanford Hall in the Anthropology Department. I am generally available 9-5 every day (unless I am teaching or in a meeting). Feel free to stop by anytime to talk about course work, anthropology, graduate school, whatever. My office number is 828-262-7505.

 

Projected offerings for Fall 2007:

Intro to Bio Anth (2 sections MWF mornings)

Human Osteology (1 section Wednesday afternoon)

 

Click here for the Independent Study Reading List and Course Description

 

Online Course Materials

Syllabi are available in pdf format. You must have Adobe acrobat installed on your computer to open these files.

 

FALL SEMESTER

 

INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Syllabus

Ant 1230 Fall Schedule

Required Text: Stanford et al. (2006) Introduction to Biological Anthropology

 

Week 1: The Scientific Method, Misconceptions of Evolution		Week 2: Introduction to Evolutionary Theory
Lecture 1 Lecture 2	Read: Stanford Ch. 1	Lecture 3 Lecture 4	Read: Stanford Ch. 2
Week 3: Introduction to Genetics		Week 4: Evolution in Populations and Human Variation
genetics lecture A genetics lecture B	Genetics problems; Read: Stanford Ch. 3, 4	Lecture 5 Lecture 6	Lab 4 tally results; Read: Stanford Ch. 5, 6
Week 5: Basic Osteology		Week 6: Primates as Mammals, Biodiversity
Basic osteology: Mon- the skull; Wed- the postcranial skl; Fri- teeth	Exam I STUDY GUIDE (old exam gives examples of topics covered. Your exam will be different) Review Chapters 1-6	EXAM I ON MONDAY;  Video: Life in the Trees; Lecture 7	Read: Stanford Ch. 7
Week 7: Primate Behavioral Ecology		Week 8: Introduction to Primate Evolution Fall Break
Lecture 8 Lecture 9 Social Climbers	Read: Stanford Ch. 8	Lecture 10	Read: Stanford Ch. 10; Appendix B
Week 9: Paleoenvironments		Week 10: Australopithecines
Bonobo: Missing in Action; Exam II on WEDNESDAY; Lecture 11	EXAM II: list of terms and concepts, study guides 1 and 2; Read: Stanford Ch. 9 for Friday	Lecture 11b; Movie: The Story of Hominid Evolution	Read: Stanford Ch. 11
Week 11: The Origin of the Genus Homo		Week 12: Homo erectus and Dispersal
Lecture 12 Walking with Cavemen	Read: Stanford Ch. 12	Lecture 13	Read: Stanford Ch. 13
Week 13: Neandertals		Week 14: Modern Homo sapiens
Lecture 14 Thanksgiving holiday	Read: Stanford Ch. 14	Lecture 14 cont. The Last Neandertal	Read: Stanford Ch. 14
Week 15		Week 16: Finals week (review sheet) Final exam Monday (12/15) 3-5:30 pm
Biocultural Approaches to Studying Modern Humans Lecture 15	Read: Stanford Ch. 15

HUMAN OSTEOLOGY

Ant 4310 Fall Schedule

Fall 2008 is a crazy semester because our class will not meet until week 3!!! So, you will be responsible for familiarizing yourself with the basic concepts and terminology in week 1. We usually cover human versus non-human in week 4 but I have rearranged the sequence because of Labor day so really week 2 and 3 reading should be done together during week 2 (prior to the start of class on Monday of Week 3- Sept 8).

Simple enough, right?

Lectures will only occur during weeks 3 and 4. Lecture notes for weeks 5-15 are for you to look over prior to class or to use as a study guide. Class time during weeks 5-15 is for lab work only.