ANTH 2010, Introduction to Physical Anthropology I, Section 001                      

Fall 2007

 

Meeting Place:              Hale 270

Meeting Time:               MWF 8:00 am

Professor:                     Matt Sponheimer

Office:                          Hale 347

Office Hours:                MWF 9-10:00 am

Phone:                          303-735-2065

Email:                           matt.sponheimer@colorado.edu

Website:                       http://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sponheimer

Mirror:                         http://melampus.colorado.edu/class

GAs:                            Hillary.Glasgow@colorado.edu, Jessica.Hedgepeth@colorado.edu

Readings Website:        https://melampus.colorado.edu/class/readings/2010

Click here for the study guide!
 

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Class Schedule

August

Week 1            Introduction                                                                  Chapter 1

 

September

Week 2            Study of Nature                                                            Chapter 2

Week 3            Establishing Earth’s and Humanity’s Antiquity                Chapter 2

Week 4            Development of Evolutionary Thought                           Chapters 2 & 3

Week 5            Evolution Continued                                                      Chapters 3 & 4

First Mid-Term Exam on September 24^th

                       

October

Week 6            Introduction to Primates                                                Chapter 6

Week 7            Primate Ecology & Behavior                                         Chapters 6 & 7

Week 8            Hominoids & Primate Cognition                                    Chapter 7 & 8

Week 9            Mammal & Early Primate Evolution                               Chapters 5 & 9

Week 10          Introduction to Paleoanthropology                                 Chapters 10 & 11

Second Mid-Term Exam on October 26^th

 

November

Week 11          South African Hominid Discoveries                               Chapter 11

Week 12          East African Hominid Discoveries                                 Chapter 11

Week 13          Fall Break                                                                     no reading

Week 14          Early Hominid Ecology & Recent Finds                         Chapters 10 & 11

Third Mid-Term Exam on November 30^th

 

December

Week 15          Homo erectus  & Friends                                              Chapters 12 & 13

Week 16          Origin of Modern Humans                                              Chapter 14

Fourth Mid-Term Exam on December 14^th

 

 Textbook

The class text is Introduction to Physical Anthropology, Eleventh Edition by Jurmain, Kilgore, Trevathan, and Ciochon. It is available at the campus bookstore. This text boasts an online component, which you might find useful for test preparation.

 

Grading

There will be four mid-term exams, all of which will be in multiple-choice format. There will be a review session before each test, which should aid your studying efforts considerably. Furthermore, I will drop the lowest of your first three mid-term scores, thus your final grade will be calculated as follows: two (of three) mid-terms exams (33.3% each) and the fourth mid-term exam (33.3%). I will not drop your score for the fourth mid-term under any circumstances, so do not miss it! It is worth noting that much of the material to be covered in lectures (and concomitantly in exams) is not in your textbook. Thus, skip lectures at your peril!  There will be no makeup exams. If you miss a test, the next will be given double weight. None of the exams will be graded on a curve.

 

Disabilities

If you qualify for accommodations because of a disability, please bring me a letter from Disability Services so that your needs may be addressed.  Disability Services (303-492-8671, Willard 322, www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices) determines accommodations based on documented disabilities.

 

Website

I will have a class website at http://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sponheimer (Mirror http://melampus.colorado.edu/class). The site will have a copy of this syllabus, extra readings, and a few relevant links.