Summer Courses 2024

ANTH 2010: Introduction to Biological Anthropology

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Have you ever wondered how human evolution took place?
Who were the first humans that walked this planet?
Why are there so few non-human primates outside the equator?
Have you ever considered how intrabreeding has shaped human evolution?

This course will focus on the fundamental concepts of anthropology, comparative anatomy and primatology, and paleontology. This course offers a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the biological aspects of human existence and evolution.

Summer Session A | June 3 – July 5

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ANTH 1125 U.S. Health Care in Anthropological and Historical Perspective

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ANTH 1125 U.S. Health Care in Anthropological and Historical Perspective

Paige Edmiston, PhD Candidate, Cultural Anthropology
Summer Session A | June 3 – July 5
Meets Remotely | M-F 2:50-4:25pm

What it is like to be a patient or health worker in the U.S. health system today? How is medical care distributed in the U.S. and what is the relationship between social and health justice? What even is ‘health’ anyway? Through an anthropological and historical tour of the U.S. health system, this course examines how American cultural values and social inequalities relate to experiences of care and the uneven distribution of health outcomes in America.

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ANTH-3000-581 Primate Behavior

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ANTH-3000-581 Primate Behavior

INSTRUCTOR:
Griëtte van der Heide
CONTACT INFO:
griette.vanderheide@colorado.edu
COURSE NUMBER:
ANTH-3000-581
MEETING TIME:
Online
Asynchronous

COURSE OVERVIEW

Nonhuman primates are our closest living relatives, and no other group of mammals can remind us of ourselves the way nonhuman primates do. We will start this course by examining the phylogeny, geography, and general evolutionary history of primates. You will learn to recognize different clades of primates and the main traits that distinguish them. As we are getting familiar with the different primate clades, we will build a more theoretical understanding of the ecology of primates. How are primates adapted to inhabit tropical forests? Which foods do they eat? How do primates interact with other animals? The next part of the course will focus on parental care, selecting mates, infanticide, and social aspects of group living. We will intersperse these themes with aspects of primate communication, cognition, and culture. Finally, we will discuss human behavior and primate conservation.

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