Biological anthropology an evolutionary perspective /
Twenty-four lectures by professor Barbara J. King detailing the evolution of humanity.
| Main Author: | King, Barbara J., 1956- |
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| Other Authors: | Teaching Company. |
| Format: | Cassette |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Chantilly, VA :
Teaching Co.,
[2002]
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| Physical Description: |
12 audiocassettes (approximately 720 min.) : analog, Dolby processed + 2 course guidebooks (48, 52 pages ; 22 cm.) |
| Series: |
Great courses (Audiocassette)
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- part I. lecture 1. What is biological anthropology? ; lecture 2. How evolution works ; lecture 3. The debate over evolution ; lecture 4. Matter arising, new species ; lecture 5. Prosimians, monkeys, and apes ; lecture 6. Monkey and ape social behavior ; lecture 7. The mind of the great ape ; lecture 8. Models for human ancestors ; lecture 9. Introducing the hominids ; lecture 10. Lucy and company ; lecture 11. Stones and bones ; lecture 12. Out of Africa
- part II. lecture 13. Who were the Neandertals? ; lecture 14. Did hunting make us human? ; lecture 15. The prehistory of gender ; lecture 16. Modern human anatomy and behavior ; lecture 17. On the origins of Homo sapiens ; lecture 18. Language ; lecture 19. Do human races exist? ; lecture 20. Modern human variation ; lecture 21. Body fat, diet, and obesity ; lecture 22. The body and mind evolving ; lecture 23. Tyranny of the gene? ; lecture 24. Evolution and our future.