Academic Year/course:
2017/18
418 - Degree in History
28144 - The Origin of Man
Syllabus Information
Academic Year:
2017/18
Subject:
28144 - The Origin of Man
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Degree:
418 - Degree in History
ECTS:
5.0
Year:
4
Semester:
First semester
Subject Type:
Optional
Module:
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5.1. Methodological overview
See "Learning activities " and "Syllabus".
More information will be provided on the first day of class.
5.2. Learning tasks
- Theoretical lectures.
- Practical lectures.
- Individual work.
- Personal study.
- Assessment activities.
5.3. Syllabus
1. From the pre-scientific explanations to the Theory of Evolution.
2. The primate world.
3. The bipedalism and early hominids.
4. The genus Homo: first representatives.
5. Behavioral aspects and cognitive abilities.
6. The expansion of the genus Homo and the emergence of anatomically modern humans.
5.4. Course planning and calendar
See the academic calendar of the University of Zaragoza (http://academico.unizar.es/calendario-academico/calendario) and the website of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts (Schedule of classes: https://fyl.unizar.es/horario-de-clases#overlay-context=horario-de-clases; Examination schedule: https://fyl.unizar.es/calendario-de-examenes#overlay-context=)
More information will be provided on the first day of class.
5.5. Bibliography and recommended resources
- Aiello, Leslie.. An introduction to human evolutionary anatomy / Leslie Aiello, Christopher Dean ; drawings by Joanna Cameron. London [etc.] : Academic Press, cop. 1990.
- Boyd, Robert. Cómo evolucionaron los humanos / Robert Boyd, Joan B. Silk ; trad., revisión científica y adaptación: Jaume Bertranpetit . - 1a ed. Barcelona : Ariel, 2001.
- Cela Conde, Camilo José. Senderos de la evolución humana / Camilo J. Cela Conde y Francisco J. Ayala . - 1a. ed., 2a. reim Madrid : Alianza Editorial, 2005.
- Johanson, Donald. From Lucy to language / Donald Johanson & Blake Edgar ; principal photography, David Brill London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1996.
- Evolución : historia de la humanidad / [Alice Roberts, editora jefe ; autores y asesores, Michael J. Benton ... et al.] Tres Cantos, Madrid : Akal, D. L. 2012.
- Stringer, Christopher. La evolución humana / Christopher Stringer y Peter Andrews Madrid : Ediciones Akal, D.L. 2005.
- Turbón, Daniel. La evolución humana / Daniel Turbón Barcelona : Ariel , 2006.
- Turbón, Daniel. La evolución humana / Daniel Turbón Barcelona : Ariel , 2006.
- Les Néandertaliens : Biologie et cultures / Vandermeersch, Bernard, Maureille, Bruno (dirs.). Paris: Editions du Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques, 2007.
- Wolpoff, Milford H.. Paleoanthropology Boston : McGraw-Hill, c1999.