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ANTH 408
Human Evolutionary Anatomy

Credit:  3 or 4 hours.


(ANTH 308) Comprehensive, comparative study of musculoskeletal anatomy in primates, focusing on functional and adaptive changes that have occurred in the mascatory apparatus, facial skeleton, and locomotor systems of New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, apes, and humans. Relationships between morphology, ecology, and behavior are discussed, applied to the fossil record, and used to address current issues in human evolution. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ANTH 443 or 440 or 456 or a course in human or comparative vertebrate anatomy.