Required Readings
Textbooks
Campbell, B. G., J. D. Loy, and K. Cruz-Uribe. Humankind Emerging. 9th ed. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 2005. ISBN: 9780205423804.
Other Required Readings
Aiello, L. C., and M. Collard. “Our newest oldest ancestor?” Nature 410 (2001): 526-27.
Ambrose, S. H. “Paleolithic technology and human evolution.” Science 291 (2001): 1748-53.
Bingham, P. M. “Human evolution and human history: a complete theory.” Evolutionary Anthropology 9, no. 6 (2000): 248-257.
Begun, D. R. “Planet of the Apes.” Scientific American 289, no. 2 (August 2003): 74-83.
Bunn, H., J. W. K. Harris, G. Isaac, Z. Kaufulu, E. Kroll, K. Shick, N. Toth, and A. K. Behrensmeyer. “FxJj 50: an Early Pleistocene site in northern Kenya.” World Archaeology 12, no. 2 (1980): 109-36.
Diamond, J. “The worst mistake in the history of the human race.” Discover 8, no. 5 (May 1987): 64-66.
Fischman, J. “Hard evidence.” Discover 13, no. 2 (February 1992): 44-51.
Gabunia, L., S. C. Antón, D. Lordkipanidze, A. Vekua, A. Justus, and C. C. Swisher III. “Dmanisi and Dispersal.” Evolutionary Anthropology 10, no. 5 (2001): 158-170.
Isaac, G. L. “The food-sharing behavior of protohuman hominids.” Scientific American 238, no. 4 (April 1978): 90-109.
Jablonski, N. G., and G. Chaplin. “Skin Deep.” Scientific American 287, no. 4 (October 2002): 74-81.
Lahr, M. M., and R. Foley. “Human evolution writ small.” Nature 431 (2004): 1043-44.
Lovejoy, O. “Modeling human origins: are we sexy because we’re smart, or smart because we’re sexy?” In The Origin and Evolution of Humans and Humanness. Edited by D. T. Rasmussen. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 1993, pp. 1-28. ISBN: 9780867208573.
Mitani, J. C., D. P. Watts, and M. N. Muller. “Recent Developments in the Study of Wild Chimpanzee Behavior.” Evolutionary Anthropology 11, no. 1 (2002): 9-25.
Molleson, T. “The eloquent bones of Abu Hureyra.” Scientific American 271, no. 2 (1994): 70-75.
Molnar, S. Human Variation. 3rd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991, pp. 212-256, chapter 6. ISBN: 9780134461625.
Rightmire, G. P. “Human evolution in the Middle Pleistocene: the role of Homo heidelbergensis.” Evolutionary Anthropology 6, no. 6 (1998): 218-227.
Shipman, P., W. Bosler, and K. L. Davis. “Butchering of giant geladas at an Acheulian site.” Current Anthropology 22 (1981): 257-68.
Waal, F. de. “Bonobo sex and society.” Scientific American 272, no. 3 (March 1995): 82-88.
White, T. D., B. Asfaw, D. DeGusta, H. Gilbert, G. D. Richards, G. Suwa, and F. C. Howell. “Pleistocene Homo sapiens from Middle Awash, Ethiopia.” Nature 423 (2003): 742-747.
Wong, K. “Who were the Neandertals?” Scientific American 282, no. 4 (April 2000): 98-107.
Wood, B., and M. Collard. “The changing face of genus Homo.” Evolutionary Anthropology 8, no. 6 (1999): 195-207.
| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | Introduction: The Search for Human Ancestors, Approaches to the Study of Human Evolution and an Introduction to Human Osteology | Campbell, et al. Chapters 1 and 3. |
| 3-4 | Evolutionary Processes and Time Scales | Campbell, et al. Chapters 2 and 5, pp. 132-37, appendix 2 |
| 5 | Modern Primates and Their Relevance to Understanding Human Origins |
Campbell, et al. Chapter 4. Waal. 1995 Mitani et al. 2002. |
| 6 | Tertiary Higher Primates: Our Pre-Hominid Predecessors |
Campbell, et al. Chapter 5. Begun. 2003. |
| 7-8 | Earliest Hominids: The Australopithecines and Affines |
Campbell, et al. Chapters 6, 7, and 8. Aiello and Collard. 2001. |
| 9 | Early Hominids - Variations and Taxonomy - Presentations | |
| 10 | Hominid / Human Origins: Hypotheses and Speculation |
Campbell, et al. Chapters 8 and 9. (esp. pp. 240-250.) Isaac. 1978. Lovejoy. 1993. Bingham. 2000. |
| 11 | Early Homo: How Should Homo Be Defined? |
Campbell, et al. Chapter 8. Wood and Collard. 1999. |
| 12-13 | The Archaeology of the Early Hominids I: Olduvai Gorge and Koobi Fora |
Campbell, et al. Chapter 9. Bunn, et al. 1980. |
| 14 | The Archaeology of the Early Hominids II: Interpreting Early Hominid Behavior and Current Research Directions | Campbell, et al. Chapter 9. |
| 15 | Midterm Exam | |
| 16 | Homo ergaster and erectus: Emerging Modern Morphology |
Campbell, et al. Chapter 10. Gabunia, et al. 2001. |
| 17 | Slowly Emerging Modern Behaviors: Early Stone Age / Lower Palaeolithic Age |
Campbell, et al. Chapters 11, 12, and 13. Ambrose. 2001. Shipman, et al. 1981. |
| 18 | Homo heidelbergensis and neanderthalensis or Early “Archaic” H. sapiens? |
Campbell, et al. Chapters 12 and 13. Rightmire. 1998. |
| 19-20 | “Archaics”: Not Quite Us Physically, Not Quite Us Mentally |
Campbell, et al. Chapter 14. Fischman. 1992. Wong. 2000. |
| 21 | Origin of Modern Homo sapiens: Morphology and Genetic Evidence |
Campbell, et al. Chapter 15. White, et al. 2003. Lahr and Foley. 2004. |
| 22-23 | Modern Homo sapiens I: Cultural Diversity Becomes the Norm | Campbell, et al. Chapter 16. |
| 24 | Modern Homo sapiens II: To the Threshold of Civilization |
Campbell, et al. Chapter 17. Diamond. 1987. Molleson. 1994. |
| 25-26 | Modern Human Diversity: Distribution, Morphological Variation and “Races” |
Campbell, et al. Chapter 17. Molnar. Chapter 6. Jablonski and Chaplin. 2002. |
