Anthropology 278: Human Evolution and Diversity has four parts, each of which covers a core of anthropological concepts. These four parts are further subdivided into 15 units of study, each of which examines a specific topic in physical anthropology. The following course outline lists the units and required student activities:

  Unit 1  Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Part 1 Heredity and Evolution
  Unit 2  The Development of Evolutionary Theory
  Quiz
  Unit 3  The Biological Basis of Life
  Unit 4  Heredity and Evolution
Part 2 Primates
  Unit 5  Survey of the Living Primates
  Unit 6  Primate Behavior
  Lab Manual and Workbook Assignment 1
  Unit 7  Primate Models for Human Behavioral Evolution
  Mid-term Examination
Part 3 Hominid Evolution
  Unit 8  Macroevolution: Processes of Vertebrate and Mammalian Evolution
  Unit 9  Paleoanthropology: Reconstructing Early Hominid Behavior and Ecology
  Unit 10  Hominid Origins in Africa
  Lab Manual and Workbook Assignment 2
  Unit 11  The Earliest Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo erectus and Contemporaries
  Unit 12  Premodern Humans
  Unit 13  The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans
Part 4 Contemporary Human Evolution
  Unit 14  Modern Human Biology: Patterns of Variation
  Unit 15  Modern Human Biology: Patterns of Adaptation
  Lab Manual and Workbook Assignment 3
  Final Examination
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