Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Anthropology

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: PLIO-PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE & HOMINID ADAPTATION ***** DISTRIBUTION COURSE GROUP 2 ***** Junctures in the evolution of the hominids appear to coincide with shifts in the earth's climate record. We will explore the current status of our knowledge of global climate in the Plio-Pleistocene and of the hominid record from the end of the Miocene to the appearance of H. sapiens. ***** Also offered as ESCI 475. Repeatable for Credit.