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300011 SE Paleoethology (2011S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Vorbesprechung und verbindliche Anmeldung am 10. März um 13:30 Uhr im Konferenzraum Anthropologie.

Die Lehrveranstaltung wird als Block am 9. und 10 Juni abgehalten.

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 15 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar is based on students' literature research, presentations and discussions on the way of life of ancestral (and extant) hominoids.
This summer term we work on the first text to synthesize and compare the major proposals for human behavioral evolution from an anthropological perspective. Augustin Fuentes reviews a wide array of approaches -- including human behavioral ecology, evolutionary psychology, memetics, and gene-culture-co-evolution -- on how and why humans have evolved behaviorally.

Assessment and permitted materials

Quality of a podium presentation, oral participation, an a final paper.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students will have familiarized with the different types of data sources, methods and concepts for the reconstruction of our ancestors' behavior as well as gained critical competence in their interpretation.

Examination topics

Literature research, oral presentations, discussions

Reading list

SoSe 2011:
Fuentes, Agustin (2009) Evolution of Human Behavior. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Association in the course directory

MAN II-4

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