This page presents a set of vocabulary sheets that outline the key terms, concepts and characters covered in lectures, plus assorted handouts. Note that some vocabulary sheets are used for several lectures in a row.
FYI sheets (PDF) (This document has a compiled list of emailed handouts and communications that were circulated to the students before or after lectures as background and/or follow-up information on questions and points raised in specific lectures.)
| LEC # | TOPICS | VOCABULARY SHEETS | HANDOUTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | Introduction: The Search for Human Ancestors, Approaches to the Study of Human Evolution and an Introduction to Human Osteology |
Sheet 1 (PDF) |
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| 3-4 | Evolutionary Processes and Time Scales | ||
| 5 | Modern Primates and their Relevance to Understanding Human Origins | Sheet 2 (PDF) | |
| 6 | Tertiary Higher Primates: Our Pre-Hominid Predecessors | Sheet 3 (PDF) | |
| 7-8 | Earliest Hominids: The Australopithecines and Affines | Sheet 4 (PDF) | |
| 9 | Early Hominids - Variations and Taxonomy - Presentations |
Sheet 4 (cont.) Sheet 5 (PDF) |
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| 10 | Hominid/Human Origins: Hypotheses and Speculation | ||
| 11 | Early Homo: How Should Homo Be Defined? | Sheet 6 (PDF) | |
| 12-13 | The Archaeology of the Early Hominids I: Olduvai Gorge and Koobi Fora | Sheet 7 (PDF) |
Handout 1 (PDF) |
| 14 | The Archaeology of the Early Hominids II: Interpreting Early Hominid Behavior and Current Research Directions | Sheet 7 (cont.) | |
| 15 | Midterm Exam | ||
| 16 | Homo ergaster and erectus: Emerging Modern Morphology | Sheet 8 (PDF) | Handout 2 (PDF) |
| 17 | Slowly Emerging Modern Behaviors: Early Stone Age / Lower Palaeolithic Age | Sheet 8 (cont.) |
Handout 2 (cont.) Handout 3 (PDF) |
| 18 | Homo heidelbergensis and neanderthalensis or Early “Archaic” H. sapiens? | Sheet 9 (PDF) | |
| 19-20 | “Archaics”: Not Quite Us Physically, Not Quite Us Mentally |
Sheet 9 (cont.) Sheet 10 (PDF) |
Handout 4 (PDF) |
| 21 | Origin of Modern Homo sapiens : Morphology and Genetic Evidence | Sheet 11 (PDF) |
Handout 5 (PDF) Handout 6 (PDF) |
| 22-23 | Modern Homo sapiens I: Cultural Diversity Becomes the Norm |
Sheet 11 (cont.) Sheet 12 (PDF) |
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| 24 | Modern Homo sapiens II: To the Threshold of Civilization | Sheet 13 (PDF) | |
| 25-26 | Modern Human Diversity: Distribution, Morphological Variation and “Races” | Sheet 13 (cont.) |
