PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTHRO 304

Cultural and ecological factors influencing the composition and structure of human populations; variation and distribution of genes within and between populations; history and evolution of human populations as evidenced by genomes.

ANTHRO 100

General understanding of humans in relation to cultures, evolutionary development and racial diversity, capacities for society, and the development of the world's major cultures.

ZOOLOGY 415

Covers a range of topics related to human genetics and evolution. Explores questions about what genetic differences between humans tell us about our species' evolutionary and demographic history, and conversely, how our history has shaped the genetic diversity of people living today. At a time of rapidly increasing ability to sequence huge numbers of genomes such questions play a central role in understanding how genetics impacts individuals' disease risks, how to interpret reported ancestry and family history from direct-to-consumer genotyping kits, and how genetics can (or importantly, cannot) inform descriptions of human diversity and concepts of race. Includes topics of diversity and inclusion in genomics studies, with a focus on the application and limits of results obtained from one group to our understanding of other groups.

ANTHRO 603

Examination of theory relevant to the evolution of humans and nonhuman primates including morphological, behavioral, and genetic aspects.

ANTHRO 605

Current research with attention to the evolutionary biology of humans and fossil human relatives.