ANTH 3703 - Biological Anthropology
Fall 2026 Syllabus, Section 01, CRN 40132,
Credit hours: 4
Course Meeting Times
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Instructor
Loren Lease
Email: lrlease@ysu.edu
Course Description
Course Readings
| Group | Title | Author | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required | Our Originns 6th edition | Clark Spencer Larson | 9781324073536 |
| Required | Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies they Told You, 2nd ed | Agustin Fuentes | 9780520976818 |
The course readings are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances, research developments, current events, and/or to ensure better learning.
Assignments/Assessments
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Schedule of Topics and Assignments
| Week of | Reading(s) | Proposed Topic | Due/To Prepare for Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/24 | Larsen Chapter 1: What is Biological Anthropology? Chapter 2: Evolution: Constructing a Fundamental Scientific Theory |
What is Biological Anthropology? Evolution |
Assignment 1 (in class 8/24); due 8/29 Inquizitive 1: 8/25 Inquizitive chapter 1: 8/26 |
| 8/31 | Chapter 2: Evolution: Constructing a Fundamental Scientific Theory | Evolution | Inquiztive chapter 2: 9/2 |
| 9/7 | Chapter 3 Genetics & Genomics: Reproducting Life and Producting Variation | Natural Selection lab (9/9) | Inquizitive chapter 3: 9/9 Natural Selection lab bring to class (9/9) |
| 9/14 | Chapter 4: Genes and Their Evolution: Population Genetics | Mendelian Genetics Punnent Square (9/14) and Mendelian Genetic Lab (9/16) |
Inquizitive chapter 4: 9/16 Lab 1 due (9/16) |
| 9/21 | Population genetics Lab 3: 9/23 |
Genetic drift lab (9/23) | |
| 9/28 | Chapter 6 Biology in the Present: The Other Living Primates | Primates | Inquizitive chapter 6: 9/30 Lab 2 Due: 9/30 |
| 10/5 | Chapter 7: Primate Sociality, Social Behavior, and Cultue | Primates Assignments 3 & 4 in class 10/7 |
Inquizitive chapter 7: 10/7 Assignments 3 & 4: 10/7 |
| 10/12 | Chapter 8: Fossils and their Place in TIme and Nature Chapter 9: Primate Origins and Evolution: 1st 50 Million Years |
Geological Time and Primate evolution | Inquizitive chapters 8 & 9: 10/14 Your Inner Monkey: 10/17 |
| 10/19 | Chapter 10 Early Hominin Origins and Evolution: The Roots of Humanity | Early Hominin Origins | Inquizitive 10: 10/21 |
| 10/26 | Chapter 11: The Origins and Evolution of Early Homo | Origins and Evolution of Early Homo | Inquizitive 11: 10/28 |
| 11/2 | Chapter 12: Origins, Evolution, and Dispersal of Modern People | Origins of Modern People | Lab 4: Primate labs (11/2 due) Inquizitive 12: 11/4 |
| 11/9 | Assignment 5: Cranium Lab | Assignment 5: 11/9 | |
| 11/16 | Chapter 5: Living People | Paleoanthropology lab (11/16) Human Variation |
Paleolab (11/16) Inquizitive 5: 11/18 |
| 11/23 | Chapter 13: Our Past 10,000 years: agriculture, population, biology | Human Variation | Inquizitive 13: 11/23 |
| 11/30 | Chapter 14: Evolution: today, tomorrow, and in the Future Fuentes Chapters 1-6 |
Discussion of chapters 1-6 | Inquizitive 14: Dec 2 |
| 12/7 | Chapters 7-9 | Discussion of chapters 7-9 | Assignment 6: 12/7 |
The course schedule, policies, procedures, and assignments in this course are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances, by mutual agreement, and/or to ensure better learning.