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SCH1132 | Human Evolution and Ecology | ||
SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES | |||
Credit Points: 15 | |||
Description: | |||
The place of humans in the natural world is explored through the fossil record, the molecules that make us, the behaviour of living nonhuman primates and the behaviours and biology of modern people. Evidence of our evolutionary past is visible in the fossil record, in our DNA, our hominid anatomy, our physiology and our behaviour. Even so, the field of human evolutionary study abounds with controversies: intelligent design and creationism; the aquatic ape hypothesis; the little people of Flores; human altruism, selfishness and genocide; is Homo sapiens the architect of Planet Earth’s sixth mass-extinction? This unit presents the scientific evidence for human evolution and critically appraises significant controversies within Biological Anthropology.
Full Unit Outline | |||
This Unit is part of the following Courses / Unit Sets | |||
C32 | Bachelor of Medical Science | ||
SMCBIM | Biomedical Science 8 Unit Supporting Major | ||
MIBIOM | Biomedical Science Minor | ||
MABUUD | Biomedical Science Major | ||
SMCHUM | Human Biology 8 Unit Supporting Major | ||
MIHBIO | Human Biology Minor | ||
MAHBIO | Human Biology Major | ||
MAAAFD | Human Biology Major | ||
SMCGEN | Human Genetics 8 Unit Supporting Major | ||
MIAGEN | Human Genetics Minor | ||
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005) | |||
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 3/15/2014 VET: 5/14/2014