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Presentation
Presentation
Anthropology is a comparative science that studies humans in their multiple social, cultural and biological dimensions, seeking to understand the differences and similarities between different groups. The biological aspect of anthropology questions itself about the physical and biological characteristics of human populations and how they vary through space and time. Above all, Biological Anthropology uses an evolutionary perspective and is concerned with the transformations that have occurred since the common ancestor of humans with other primates, to present-day humans.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 4.5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
2 | Optional | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT101-100
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
Introduction to Anthropology. Framework of the curricular unit in the context of the course. The human behavior in evolutionary context: primatology, human ethology, the evolution of cooperation. Paleoanthropology and the reconstruction of human evolutionary history: origin of hominid, evolution of the genus Homo, the origin of modern humans. Human biological variation and adaptation: human genetics, the different phenotypes and major anthropometric parameters, their adaptations and vulnerabilities, and their relation to geographical distribution.
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Objectives
Objectives
The Anthropology course intends that students acquire integrated knowledge of biological nature and human culture and how they influence each other. The topics covered are: 1. Classification, ecology and social behavior of the living primates 2. Major milestones in human evolution, as well as the paleoanthropological techniques and facts that support them 3. Biological and cultural diversity of current humans 4. Mechanisms of interaction between environmental, social and biological factors ? how biology influences culture and vice versa 5. Important features of human biology ? cultural specificities that constitute, in part, people's responses to the biological factors and environmental challenges they face
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
During the learning process students will work in an interdisciplinary way, integrating the knowledge acquired in other CUs and applying it directly to the contents taught. Several contents and learning tools will be made available in addition to those taught in class that will allow students more autonomy in the acquisition of knowledge related to the contents of the CU. The use of forums/wikis will be promoted, which allow the creation of a final document prepared by all students together, and enable the discussion and reflection of the CU topics.
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References
References
Boyd, R. and Silk, J.B. (2009). How Humans Evolved. 5 th Ed. W.W. Norton & Company, New York. Ember, C.R., Ember, M.R., Peregrine, P.N. (2011). Anthropology. 13th Ed. Pearson, New Jersey. Stanford, Craig, John Allen & Susan Anton. (2017). Exploring Biological Anthropology. Pearson Higher Ed.
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
