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FACULTY OF LETTERS - ARCHAEOLOGY - ARK 120 - Human and Evolution

Course Information

Faculty Name:

FACULTY OF LETTERS

Section Name:

ARCHAEOLOGY

Teaching Level Name:

Under Graduate

Course Name:

Human and Evolution

Lesson Code:

ARK 120

Period:

Theoric:

Practice:

Laboratory:

Credit:

3.0

Ects Credits:

4.0

Course Type Name:

Required

Course Language:

Turkish

Course Coordinator:

Head of Department

Teaching Staff:

Ass. Prof. BAŞAK BOZ

Assistants:

The Aim of the course:

The course aims to examine and understand the factors, influencing the cultural diversity and development of Homo sapiens and acquire the ability of appraisal of the physical and social position of human beings in evolutionary time.

Course Content:

The course contents;
Definition of Anthropology and its sub-disiblines
The Development of the Evolution Theory
Biological basis of evolution; DNA, Inheritance and mutation
Principles of genetic, population genetics
Humans in the Animal Kingdom, Living Primates
Primate Behavior
Paleoanthropology and ancestors of man
The pioneers of modern humans and the first Homo
Homo Sapiens Sapiens and the beginning of culture

Course Source:

Course Source Recommended:

1. Aydın, S., Yılmaz, S. E. 2007. Antropoloji. Anadolu Üniversitesi yayınları, Ankara.
2. Jurmain, R., Kilgore, L. Trevathan, W., 2005. Introduction to Physical Anthropology. Thomson Wadsworth, Belmont.
3. Kottak, C. P., 2002. Antropoloji, İnsan Çeşitliliğine Bakış. Ütopya Yayınları, Ankara.
4. Larsen, C.S., 2008. Our Origins. Norton&Company, Inc., New York, London.

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