College of DuPage

Fall 1999

PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

(Anthropology 125)

INSTRUCTOR:

Dr. John Staeck IC 2071B 630/942-2022 staeck@cdnet.cod.edu

REQUIRED TEXTS:

Bass, William M., 1995, Human Osteology: A Laboratory and Field Manual, 4 ed. , Missorui Archaeological Society. (For laboratory use)

Gould, Stephen Jay, 1996, The Mismeasure of Man, revised ed., W.W. Norton. (We will read about 5 chapters, 150 pages or so)

Jurmain, Nelson, Kilgore, & Trevathan, 1998, Essentials of Physical Anthropology, 3^rd ed., ITP/West/Wadsworth. (A short, core textbook)

Kappelman, J., 1998, Virtual Laboratories for Physical Anthropology, ITP/West?Wadsworth. (For laboratory use)

Park, Michael, Alan, 1998, Biological Anthropology: An Introductory Reader, Mayfield. (A short reader exemplifying applications of physical anthropology)

OPTIONAL TEXTS:

Zihlman, Adrienne L., 1982, The Human Evolution Coloring Book, Harper-Collins. (Extra credit)

All texts will be available in the COD bookstore. If you would prefer to avoid using the COD bookshop, you may wish to check either or both Beck's and Four Season's on Roosevelt Rd. There is no guarantee, however, that these stores will have the books for this course.

ANTHROPOLOGY (IAI S1 902) from the COD Catalog

Physical Anthropology

5 credit hours

Introduces the field of physical anthropology. Topics include elementary genetics, population genetics and human variation; primatology/primate behavior; evolutionary theory, the fossil record and the development of humankind; and humanity's place in world ecology. Introduces forensic anthropology. Includes laboratory work in these areas of study. (4 lecture hours, 2 lab hours)

SPECIFICS TO THIS SECTION:

DEAD MEN DO TELL TALES! We will probe how this is so in the fascinating realm of physical and forensic anthropology. This course explores concepts of racial variation, primatology, and human evolution. We'll begin our investigations with an examination of the outlandish world of 19^th century craniometry and from there move to explore modern views of race and human variation. We will examine the world of forensic anthropology and what it contributes to the modern world, including the how it aids historians in such quests as searching for really happened to the famous outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Finally, we will endeavor to answer questions about how modern humans evolved and what our place in the animal kingdom might be.

GRADING

There will be three hourly examination, as well as a laboratory component (primarily based on basic, human skeletal anatomy), and an on-going electronic laboratory component. Each hourly examination will account for approximately 30% of your final grade. The laboratory component will account for the remaining 10% of your final grade.

Your grade will be calculated as follows: the high score on each assignment or examination will be set as 100% of all possible points for that assignment/test. This high score will be multiplied as follows: by 0.9; 0.8;0.7;0.6. 90+% = A, 80+% = B, 70+% = C, 60+% = D, 59% or less = F.

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES

You are subject to all COD codes of behavior, dress, and academic integrity. You are responsible for all material covered in and/or assigned for class regardless of whether or not you attend class. You are, however, expected to attend class daily and to participate in all classroom-related activities (such as discussions). No make-up examinations will be given save by prior agreement or as a consequence of documented emergencies. BE PREPARED TO DOCUMENT YOUR EMERGENCY, should you have one. ( The reason for this is that deliberately delaying the time of an examination allows for the possibility of cheating, the mere specter of which should be avoided.) Cheating, in any form, is unacceptable. I strongly believe in personal honor; your decision to accept COD's code of behavior is reflected in your decision to enroll in COD classes.

Tentative Schedule of Readings and Topics

B=Bass; G = Gould; P = Park; JN= Jurmain et. al.; VL = Virtual Laboratory