Fall Semester 2002

Office:26 Macbride, Phone 335-2751

MW 12:30-1:20pm--W10, PBAB + 1 hour discussion section

Office Hours: M, W, F, 1:30-2:20pm, or by appointment (afternoons)

Website: http://www.uiowa.edu/~bioanth/

Email: russell-ciochon@uiowa.edu

Departmental Office: The Department of Anthropology is located in Macbride Hall (MH) in room 114. The Department phone number is 335-0522. The mailboxes for Prof. Ciochon and for the teaching assistants are located in the Departmental Office. If you wish to meet with the D.E.O., Prof. Russell Ciochon, you can make an appointment with him by contacting the office staff in MH 114.

Janet Gardner, Office: 222 Macbride, Phone 335-0519, mailbox 114 MH

Nathan Holton, Office: 222 Macbride, Phone 335-0519, mailbox 114 MH

Steve Miller, Office: 222 Macbride, Phone 335-0519, mailbox 114 MH

Josh Polanski, Office: 222 Macbride, Phone 335-0519, mailbox 114 MH

The teaching assistants will set their own office hours. You are to make every effort to see them during their posted office hours. If you cannot find your T.A. during her or his posted hours or if you wish to make an appointment, please leave a message in the T.A.'s mailbox in Macbride 114 or call 335-0519.

Aim of Course: This is an introductory course for the study of human origins. It will survey the processes and products of human evolution from the perspectives of genetics, evolutionary theory, comparative anatomy, the fossil record, artifactual evidence, and biocultural behaviors. This course fulfills the GER requirement for a non-laboratory course in the natural sciences.

Jurmain, R. et al. Introduction to Physical Anthropology, 9th Edition, Wadsworth, Belmont, CA, 2003.

Zihlman, A.L. The Human Evolution Coloring Book, Harper Resources, New York, 2001.

Class Attendance: You are expected to attend the lectures regularly. Materials covered in lecture will appear on all of the examinations.

Discussion Sections: You are required to enroll in and attend one discussion section per week. Once enrolled you cannot change your section without using an add/drop slip. The purpose of the discussion section is to review and to clarify what has been presented in lecture and to provide an opportunity for you to ask questions. There will be three quizzes and two short writing assignments given in section. These assignments, along with section attendance and participation, will comprise the discussion section portion of your grade.

Midterm Exam #1 100 points 25%

Midterm Exam #2 100 points 25%

Final Exam: 100 points 25%

Discussion Section: quizzes, papers, attendance, participation 25%

Makeup Examination Policy: My general policy is not to allow makeup exams except in extraordinary cases where a student can document that she or he has been hospitalized, imprisoned, or otherwise prevented from taking the exam. To allow any other policy is simply not fair to the great majority of students who do take the exam at the scheduled time.

Some Important Dates to Remember: Oct. 7, Monday-- Midterm Exam #1

Nov. 11, Monday-- Midterm Exam #2

Dec. 19, Thursday, 12:00pm -- Final Exam (Test Period #21)

University of Iowa Fall Semester 2002

Department of Anthropology Prof. R.L. Ciochon

Anthropology 113:13

Course Syllabus

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Week 1

8/26 Introduction & Orientation

8/28 Anthropology & Human Origins: An Overview (Reading J1)

Week 2

9/2 Holiday

9/4 The History of Evolutionary Thought (Readings J2, Z1-1 to 1-5, Z1-17, Web video)

Week 3

9/9 DNA: The Chemical Basis of Life (Readings J3, Z2-1 to Z2-5)

9/11 DNA, Genes, and the Genetic Code (Readings J3, Z2-6 to 2-11)

Week 4

9/16 Mendel and the Mechanisms of Inheritance (Readings J4, Z1-10 to 1-15)

9/18 The Modern Theory of Evolution (Readings J2-4, Z2-12 to 2-15)

Week 5

9/22 How Evolution Works in Populations (Readings J4, J14, Z1-16, 6-13 to 6-15)

9/28 Macroevolutionary Change & Polygenic Traits (Readings J8, Z1-6 to 1-9, Z1-18 to 1-22, Z6-12 to 6-13)

Week 6

9/30 Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Family Trees (Readings J8, Z1-6 to 1-9)

10/2 Geological Time, Dating Methods and Fossils (Reading J8)

Week 7

10/7 Midterm #1

10/9 Overview of the Primate Order (Readings J5, Z3-1 to Z3-16)

Week 8

10/14 Primate Behavior (Readings J6, Z3-17 to 3-27)

10/16 Primate Models for Human Behavior (Readings J7, Z3-28 to 3-35)

Week 9

10/21 Primate Anatomy and Primate Origins (Readings J5, J8, Z4-1 to 4-20, Z6-4 to 6-5)

10/23 Evolution of Monkeys and Apes (Readings J8, Web Article, Z4-21 to 4-29

Week 10

10/28 Gigantopithecus: The Giant of All Apes (Readings Web Article, Web Video)

10/30 Miocene Hominoids and Hominid Origins (Readings J8, J9, Z4-30 to 4-36)

Week 11

11/4 Paleoanthropology in Action (Readings J9, Z5-1 to 5-5)

11/6 Early Hominids: History and Overview (Readings J10, Z5-6 to 5-13)

Week 12

11/11 Midterm #2

11/13 Plio-Pleistocene Hominid Evolution I (Readings J10, Z5-14 to Z5-20)

Week 13

11/18 Plio-Pleistocene Hominid Evolution II (Readings J10, Z5-21 to Z5-24)

11/20 Evolution and Dispersal of Homo ergaster (Readings J11, Web Article)

Week 14

11/25 Evolution of Homo erectus in Java and China (Readings J11, Web Article)

11/27 Thanksgiving Break

Week 15

12/2 Evolution of Homo heidelbergensis - Africa & Europe (Readings J12, Z5-25)

12/4 Phyletic Position of Neandertals (Readings J12, Z5-26, Z5-28)

Week 16

12/9 Origin of Anatomically Modern Humans (Readings J13, Z5-27, Z5-29, Z6-16)

12/11 Summary and Review for Final

Final Exam: Thursday, Dec. 19, 12:00pm (Test Period #21)

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