This course is appropriate for both science and non-science majors. The objective of this course is to expose students to the major research areas within biological anthropology to provide, through a detailed overview of methods, concepts, and theories, a better understanding of evolution and the environment on human biological diversity. This includes the scientific method, evolutionary theory, human variation, and human adaptation and adaptability, as well as primate ecology, behavior, and evolution. 

At the end of the course, students will be able to:
1.	Recognize the importance of the scientific method and the evolutionary framework in anthropological research as well as in other scientific disciplines.
2.	Describe, through examples, the role of the environment in human (genetic) adaptation and human adaptability.
3.	Identify the major steps in our evolutionary history, including that of our closest relatives, and recognize the technologies and data used to understand the evolutionary history.
4.	Relate basic evolutionary and biological principles and concepts to current and past human diversity, including relationships between humans and the environment across time and space.
5.	Understand the interconnectedness between human activities and the environment, including ongoing challenges to human and non-human primate communities posed by global warming. 
6.	Explain why race is not a biological concept but a socio-cultural construct with important consequences in real life.
7.	Develop a critical approach allowing them to distinguish between scientific and pseudoscientific arguments and understand the relationship between science and society.

1.	Anthropology and Biological Anthropology
2.	Principle of Evolutionary Theory
3.	Evolution and Human Biological Diversity: From Genes to Populations
4.	Human Adaptation and Adaptability: The Relationship of Human Biology and Behavior with the Environment, including Race, Climate, and Altitude
5.	Human Adaptation and Adjustment to the Environment: Food, Nutrition, and Disease
6.	Primate Overview: Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation (including habitat protection)
7.	Paleontology and Primate Evolution
8.	The Ape-Hominine Transition
9.	Early Hominine
10.	Origin and Evolution of the Genus Homo
11.	Emergence and Geographic/Ecological Dispersal of Homo Sapiens
12.	Evolution of the Brain and Language
13.	Human in the Natural World: Is Human Culture Unique?
14.	Biomedical Anthropology
15.	Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology
16.	Future Challenges Facing Humanity: Global Warming, Conservation, Violence, and Inequality