TEXT "F":   J. Fleagle:   PRIMATE ADAPTATION AND EVOLUTION.
3rd ed., Academic Press.    

Chapters in this book are listed below
   as F1, F2, etc.



Course expectations
Class Grading policies
How To Study
Academic Information
W.S.U.   Biology 333
PRIMATOLOGY and
HUMAN ORIGINS

Prof. Eli C. Minkoff, Ph.D.

 
Class HOME PAGE:   Http://abacus.bates.edu/acad/depts/biobook/Prim19.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 NOTICES:
  Final grades!   (Update 5/14)
C L A S S    S C H E D U L E    a n d    S Y L L A B U S
(Some details are tentative and still subject to change.)

DATES: T O P I C S  and READING ASSIGNMENTS: _   T H U R S D A Y   L A B S   _
Jan. 22, 24 F1; C3.      Course preliminaries.   Adaptation and evolution.   Systematics.
      Who are the primates?   Where do they fit among mammals?   1.Introduction
Primate characteristics
Jan. 29, 31 F2,4,9; C4,5,6,33,36.   Primate skulls, teeth, diets. 2.Skulls
      Living prosimians. 3.Prosimians   Limbs & locomotion. 4.Locomotion  
Limbs & locomotion
Feb. 5, 7 F10,11,12,5,14; C7-11.   Fossils: early primates, prosimians. 5.Fossils  
      New World monkeys 6.Platyrrhina  
Prosimians.
Feb. 12, 14 F6; C12-16.   Old World monkeys. 7.Cercopithecoidea     Review.
      FIRST EXAM (Thurs.)
Platyrrhines vs Catarrhines
Feb. 19, 21 F3,8; C(pages 1-19 +Ch.25-29). C43,37. Embryos, growth; Harlow's research 8.Development
      Behavior and intelligence: insight, tools, symbolism. 9.Behavior  
Baboon films (behav., social org.)
Feb. 26, 28 Childhood and development.     Language: Washoe and other signing apes. Washoe film; discussion
Mar 5, 7 Primate social lives: dominance, avoiding aggression, etc. 10.Sociobiology  
Mar. 9-17 HAVE A HAPPY SPRING BREAK!

Mar. 19, 21 C30,32,34,38,39,40,42,44.   Primate social organization, communities, ecology. 11.Ecology   Modern apes
Mar. 26, 28 F13,16.   Early catarrhines; cercopithecoid evolution. 12.Fayum     Review.
      SECOND EXAM (Thurs.)
Non-hominid fossils
Apr. 2, 4 F7; C17-20.   Lesser Apes (gibbons) and Great Apes. 13.Apes   Jane Goodall film ("My Life...")
Apr. 9, 11 F15,18; C45.   Fossil apes; evolutionary patterns; conservation Disney "Chimpanzee" film
Apr. 16, 18 F17.     Hominid evolution 14.Humans   Australopithecus and bipedalism

Apr. 23, 25 Archaeology and Civilization   15.Civilization   Online chart, etc. Evolution of the genus Homo
Apr.30, May 2 Human variation and race   16.Race   Online article by Barbujani/Pigliucci Human variation
May 7 Summary, review, and discussion. (No lab this week)
May 14 (Tue.) FINAL EXAM at 8:30 a.m.