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Academic Year 2001/2002

Climate Change and Human Evolution
E&ES 142 SP

This course will examine the links between human biological and cultural evolution on a range of timescales, against the background of the dramatic environmental instability of the last few million years.

Topics to be covered include: the environmental context of early humanoids, the Neanderthals and how they survived, the origin and success of modern humans, the origins of agriculture, and the rise and collapse of cultures and civilizations in an environmental context. We will also consi der some ongoing contemporary topics in human environment interactions, including salinization, desertification, and the Greenhouse Effect.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NSM E&ES    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Adams,Jonathan M.   

Times: .M.W.F. 09:00AM-09:50AM;     Location: SCIE121

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 50)

SR. major:    Jr. major:

SR. non-major:    Jr. non-major:    SO: 20   FR: 30

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Reading Non-Verbal Texts

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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