Evolution & Biological Anthropology (486-0-1)

Instructors

Katherine Amato
847/467-5890
1810 Hinman Avenue, Room A62

Meeting Info

ANTHRO Sem Rm 104 - 1810 Hinmn: Wed 1:00PM - 3:50PM

Overview of class

This graduate-level seminar is designed for students interested in the historical development of evolutionary theory and current debates within the field. We will begin with a brief survey of the intellectual precursors to Darwin, the legacy of Darwin and Wallace, and the intellectual threads that coalesced in the Modern Synthesis. We will then trace subsequent controversies within evolutionary biology, with a prominent focus on the role of developmental biology, plasticity and behavior as forces of evolutionary change. Controversies in the study of human evolution and the origins of modern human diversity will be used as lenses to explore these evolutionary themes. This will be a reading intensive course.

Registration Requirements

No special consent required
Reserved for Grad students

Class Materials (Required)

Darwin (1859), Origin of Species, First edition (make sure you get the first edition) - ISBN 979-8355724825
Evelyn Fox Keller (2000), The Century of the Gene - ISBN 978-0674003729
Maurizio Meloni (2016), Political Biology - ISBN 978-1349677368
West-Eberhard (2003), Developmental Plasticity and Evolution - ISBN 978-0195122350
Bonduriansky and Day (2018), Extended Heredity - ISBN 978-0691204147

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Reserved for Graduate Students.