Paleoanthropology

Paleoanthropology

Study Cycle: 1

Lectures: 30

Seminars: 0

Tutorials: 30

ECTS credit: 5

Lecturer(s): asist. dr. Zdešar Kotnik Katja, prof. dr. Golja Petra

Lectures:
- Primatology (key characteristics, similarities and differences between primates, human as a primate).
- The evolution of humans (time scale, hominization, bipedalism, ancestral species, the theories of origin and development of Homo sapiens species).
- Mechanisms of evolution and the view on human evolution on human in the modern world.

Laboratory tutorial
- Human osteology

Basic literature:

- Golja P. 2017. Paleoantropologija. Učno gradivo za študente arheologije. Univerza v Ljubljani, Biotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za biologijo, Ljubljana. https://e-pouk.bf.uni-lj.si/
- Robič T. 2016. Paleoantropologija; osteologija človeka. Priročnik za vaje. Univerza v Ljubljani, Biotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za biologijo, Ljubljana. https://e-pouk.bf.uni-lj.si/

Additional literature:

The following literature is used for specific topics according to lecturer suggestions.

Gilroy A. et al. Atlas of Anatomy. Thieme, New York, 2008. ISBN: 978-1-60406-151-2.
Lockwood C. The Human Story. Where we come from and how we evolved. Natoral History Museum, London. 2010. ISBN: 978-0-565-09214-6
Boyd R., Silk J. How humans evolved. W:W.Norton Company, 2000. ISBN: 0-393-97477-4 COBISS.SI-ID - 35506274
Bryson B. Kratka zgodovina skoraj vsega. Mladinska knjiga, 2009. ISBN: 978-86-11-17127-2 COBISS.SI-ID - 247062784

OPOMBA:
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