 TEXT "F": J. Fleagle: PRIMATE ADAPTATION AND EVOLUTION. 3rd ed., Academic Press. Chapters in this book are listed below as F1, F2, etc. (H) =Monday holiday. |
W.S.U. Biology PRIMATOLOGY and HUMAN ORIGINS Prof. Eli C. Minkoff, Ph.D. 
Class HOME PAGE: Http://abacus.bates.edu/acad/depts/biobook/Prim17.htm |  TEXT "C": C.J. Campbell et al.: PRIMATES IN PERSPECTIVE, 2nd ed., Oxford Univ. Press. Chapters in this book are listed below as C1, C2, etc. LECTURE NOTES and Slides Class Grading policies Final grades! --- 5/7 |
(Some details are tentative and still subject to change.)
| DATES: | T O P I C S and READING ASSIGNMENTS: | _ F R I D A Y L A B S _ |
| (H) Jan. 18, 20 | F1; C3. Course preliminaries. Adaptation and evolution.
Systematics. Who are the primates? Where do they fit among mammals? | Primate characteristics |
| Jan. 23, 25, 27 | F2,4,9; C4,5,6,33,36. Primate skulls, teeth, diets. Living prosimians. Limbs & locomotion. | Limbs & locomotion |
| Jan.30 Feb.1,3 | F10,11,12,5,14; C7-11. Fossils: early primates, prosimians. New World monkeys. | Prosimians. |
| Feb. 6, 8, 10 | F6; C12-16. Old World monkeys. Embryos, growth; Harlow's research. | Quiz #1 during lab.
Platyrrhines vs Catarrhines |
| Feb. 13, 15, 17 | F3,8; C(pages 1-19 +Ch.25-29). Primate social lives: dominance, avoiding aggression, etc. | Baboon films (behav., social org.) |
| (H) Feb. 22, 24 | C30,32,34,38,39,40,42,44. Primate social organization, communities, ecology. | Review session |
| Feb.27 Mar 1,3 | MIDTERM EXAM Then C43,37. Behavior and intelligence: insight, tools, language. | Language: Washoe film; discussion |
| Mar. 6, 8, 10 | Childhood and development. | Modern apes |
| Mar. 13, 15, 17 | F13,16. Early catarrhines; cercopithecoid evolution. | Non-hominid fossils |
| Mar. 18-26 | HAVE A HAPPY SPRING BREAK! | |
| Mar. 27, 29, 31 | F7; C17-20. Lesser Apes (gibbons) and Great Apes. | Jane Goodall film ("My Life...") |
| Apr. 3, 5, 7 | F15,18; C45. Fossil apes; evolutionary patterns; conservation | Disney "Chimpanzee" film |
| Apr. 10, 12, 14 | F17. Hominid evolution | Quiz #2 during lab.
Australopithecus and bipedalism |
| (H) Apr. 19, 21 | Archaeology and Civilization Online chart, etc. | Evolution of the genus Homo |
| Apr. 24, 26, 28 | Human variation and race Online article by Barbujani/Pigliucci | Human variation |
| May 1 | Summary, review, and discussion. | (No lab this week) |
| May 5 (Fri.) | FINAL EXAM at 12:30 p.m. |