ANTH B200: Introduction to Biological
Anthropology
Course News Letter
This page is meant to keep
you up to date on the latest course announcements and news of
recent news reports of anthropological significance. While any
announcements and changes to this page will be made in class,
realize that with this class newsletter, you will have NO
EXCUSE not to be aware of any changes or class assignments.
Course
Announcements
June 6th, 2008
Extra Credit Assignment
This assigment will involve
your examining fossil and modern casts of humans and primates
in the Paul Provost Anthropology Lab (Kettler G31) and is worth
10 points added to your lowest exam score.
You will need to work on
the assignment either during my office hours or arrange to work
on it by stopping by the Department of Anthropology office (Kettler
G11A) and asking our departmental secretary - Ms. Kieler - to
let you into the lab.
You will need to get the
necessary worksheet from either me or Ms. Kieler when you come
to work on the assignment. The handout will not be provided until
you show up to do the assignment.
You can complete the assignment
any time between June 6th, 2008 and June 24th, 2008. The homework
is due NO LATER THAN 5:00 pm, Tuesday June 24th,
2008.
May 19th, 2008
Homework Assignment
I have now posted instructions
for the Primate Homework Assignment. You can access the instructions
by clicking
here. The Fort Wayne
Children's Zoo is open from 10 am - 6 pm daily. You can access
the Fort Wayne Children Zoo's website by clicking here.
Alternatively, you could also
(if convenient for you) visit the Indianapolis Zoo, Toledo Zoo,
or other nearby zoo. However, whichever zoo you choose to visit,
it is essential that you turn in your receipt with your extra
credit assignment, otherwise you will not receive credit for
it.
The assignment and any other
extra credit lecture summaries are due no later than June 5th, 2008.
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Biological
Anthropology in the News
June 6th, 2008
News Stories for Second
Exam (Required)
New
Weapon Against Malaria (MSNBC.com)
Facial expressions 'hereditary'
(BBCNews.com)
Early verbal abuse
(NewScientist.com)
Ovulating
Women Dress to Impress (MSNBC.com)
Chimps Name Foods
(Discovery.com)
Hotub Monkeys
(NationalGeographic.com)
Chimps Shown Using Not Just a Tool but a "Tool
Kit" (NationalGeographic.com)
Chimps More Evolved than Humans
(LiveScience.com)
Chimpanzee Genetic Variation
(ScienceDaily.com)
Mother Knows Best
(EurekAlert.org)
Shrinking telomeres linked to heart disease (NewScientist.com)
Best dressed women have babies on their mind (NewScientist.com)
Arctic
Natives' DNA (MSNBC.com)
High Altitude Peoples (NationalGeographic.com)
Autism and contaminants (Newscientist.com)
Cystic fibrosis - heterozygote advantage (Newscientist.com)
Another heterozygote advantage of PKU (Newscientist.com)
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Study Guides & Web Enhancements
08 January, 2008 These are not required!
Wadsworth has a web site
to accompany our textbook. On the web site you can find chapter
by chapter resources, inlcuding:
- Chapter summaries
- Flashcards
- A chapter glossary of
terms
- Tutorial Quiz for each
chapter
- Additional web links
You can find this information
by clicking here.
The following are some
useful Study Guides and Web enhancements you may want to look
at if you have the time.
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Other Links of Interest
15 January, 2008 (Not Required)
- Interested in a career in
Anthropology? Click
here.
- Interested in a career in
Biological Anthropology? Click
here.
15 January, 2008
Topic: Useful/Interesting
Links (Not Required)
15 January, 2008
FYI: Highly Recommended
Readings & Books (Not Required)
- If you are interested in
persuing any of the topics regarding human behavior and human
sexual behavior further I would strongly recommend the following:
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This page was created by Richard
Sutter.
Last updated 06 June, 2008.