Prerequisite(s): ( WR90R )

This course is an introduction to the field of physical/biological anthropology, with an emphasis on the evolution of and analysis of human variation. The course discusses the perspectives and methods of heredity, paleoanthropology, and primatology in order to trace and explain human evolution from the first primates and hominids to the development of bipedalism and the emergence of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens).

This course may be taken 1 time for credit.