Objective

This course aims at helping students to understand and explain human origins and diversity.

Content

The course explores humans as biological as well as socio-cultural beings. Topics such as human evolution, foraging, domestication of plants and animals, formation of cities and states and racial issues are discussed.

Mode of Delivery

The course is delivered through lectures, audio visuals and field trips.

Reading Materials

• Haviland, W. A., Prins, H. E. L., & McBride, B. (2010). The essence of anthropology. Belmont: Thomson Wadsworth.
• Jurmain, R., Kilgore, L., & Trevathan, W. (2011). Essentials of physical anthropology. Belmont: Wadsworth.
• Klein, R. G. (2009). The human career: Human biological and cultural origins. (3rd edition). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• Kottak, P. C. (2004). Anthropology: The exploration of human diversity. Boston: McGraw Hill.
• Lewis, B., Jurmain, R., & Kilgore, L. (2007). Understanding physical anthropology and archaeology. Belmont: Thomson Wadsworth.