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LEMUR BEHAVIOR AND ECOLOGY: The goal of this first-year seminar is to provide students with a comprehensive overview of how primatologists study non-human primates, both in the wild and in captivity, in order to reach a better understanding of behavior, particularly as it relates to environmental variables such as habitat, climate, competition and predation. The lemurs are a particularly good group on which to focus given their diversity and the unique ecological challenges of Madagascar, where they are endemic. Several fundamental topics related to the methodology of modern primate research will be covered in this course, including the scientific method; formulating meaningful hypotheses; research design, technology and applications; research ethics; scientific writing; and dissemination of research results. Sources from the primatological literature will be used to illustrate these topics and class discussions will focus on comparing and contrasting different research approaches to research questions and topics that are pervasive in current studies of lemur behavioral ecology.
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Introduction to Biological Anthropology covers the basics of evolutionary theory (including ideas on the evolution of social behavior) and genetics, an introduction to the biology of non-human primates; human adaptations, growth and development, and population variation; primate distinguishing features, overview of major primate radiations, primate evolution (general), and human evolution (mainly morphology and lifestyles), from 'Australopithecines' to anatomically modern humans (plant and animal domestication); and archeology, human social behavior, and its primate roots.
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Introduction to Biological Anthropology covers the basics of evolutionary theory (including ideas on the evolution of social behavior) and genetics, an introduction to the biology of non-human primates; human adaptations, growth and development, and population variation; primate distinguishing features, overview of major primate radiations, primate evolution (general), and human evolution (mainly morphology and lifestyles), from 'Australopithecines' to anatomically modern humans (plant and animal domestication); and archeology, human social behavior, and its primate roots.
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Introduction to Biological Anthropology covers the basics of evolutionary theory (including ideas on the evolution of social behavior) and genetics, an introduction to the biology of non-human primates; human adaptations, growth and development, and population variation; primate distinguishing features, overview of major primate radiations, primate evolution (general), and human evolution (mainly morphology and lifestyles), from 'Australopithecines' to anatomically modern humans (plant and animal domestication); and archeology, human social behavior, and its primate roots.
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Introduction to Biological Anthropology covers the basics of evolutionary theory (including ideas on the evolution of social behavior) and genetics, an introduction to the biology of non-human primates; human adaptations, growth and development, and population variation; primate distinguishing features, overview of major primate radiations, primate evolution (general), and human evolution (mainly morphology and lifestyles), from 'Australopithecines' to anatomically modern humans (plant and animal domestication); and archeology, human social behavior, and its primate roots.
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Introduction to Biological Anthropology covers the basics of evolutionary theory (including ideas on the evolution of social behavior) and genetics, an introduction to the biology of non-human primates; human adaptations, growth and development, and population variation; primate distinguishing features, overview of major primate radiations, primate evolution (general), and human evolution (mainly morphology and lifestyles), from 'Australopithecines' to anatomically modern humans (plant and animal domestication); and archeology, human social behavior, and its primate roots.
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Introduction to Biological Anthropology covers the basics of evolutionary theory (including ideas on the evolution of social behavior) and genetics, an introduction to the biology of non-human primates; human adaptations, growth and development, and population variation; primate distinguishing features, overview of major primate radiations, primate evolution (general), and human evolution (mainly morphology and lifestyles), from 'Australopithecines' to anatomically modern humans (plant and animal domestication); and archeology, human social behavior, and its primate roots.
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Introduction to Biological Anthropology covers the basics of evolutionary theory (including ideas on the evolution of social behavior) and genetics, an introduction to the biology of non-human primates; human adaptations, growth and development, and population variation; primate distinguishing features, overview of major primate radiations, primate evolution (general), and human evolution (mainly morphology and lifestyles), from 'Australopithecines' to anatomically modern humans (plant and animal domestication); and archeology, human social behavior, and its primate roots.
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This course is cross listed in the dept of Evolutionary Anthropology and Philosophy and is cotaught with Prof S. Churchill of that department. It focuses on the data and theory which together enable us to understand the trajectory of Homo sapiens from our species' first emergence to the period of recorded history. Special emphasis on archeological evidence, Darwin's theory of natural selection, recent theories in evolutionary psychology, sociobiology and gene/culture co-evolutionary theory, and controversies about whether socially significant human traits are hardwired and genetically determined or learned responses to individual human environments.
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This course will provide students with a sound understanding of human evolution, starting with our earliest primate ancestors and ending with the various species of the genus 'Homo'. We will discuss the morphology, adaptations, and phylogeny of major fossil finds within an evolutionary context, incorporating new developments in taxonomic classification and various hypotheses describing the human evolutionary pathway. This course aims to present and critically evaluate different and often conflicting views on human evolution, particularly in relation to recent fossil discoveries.
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Presentation of the evolutionary and gross anatomy of the human body through lectures and laboratory demonstration of prosected human bodies.
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Presentation of the evolutionary and gross anatomy of the human body through lectures and laboratory demonstration of prosected human bodies.
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Presentation of the evolutionary and gross anatomy of the human body through lectures and laboratory demonstration of prosected human bodies.
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This course provides an introduction to human osteological
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This course provides an introduction to human osteological
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This course provides an introduction to human osteological
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An introduction to human biology from an evolutionary
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This course focuses on the study of primate behavior and the methods by which animal behavior is observed and documented. Students will be introduced to various observational techniques and then get hands-on experience in using these methods with the prosimian groups at the Duke Lemur Center (DLC). We will be using hand-held event recorders and specialized computer programs to assist in data collection. The last portion of the semester will be spent formulating a relevant question about the behavior of a selected prosimian group, designing a research protocol, and collecting data at the DLC. The course will be held off-campus (at the DLC) and outside. Students must be able to abide by the rules of the Duke Lemur Center for working with animals, and will need to wear appropriate clothing for hiking and staying warm outdoors. Note that the Lemur Center requires all researchers to have evidence of a negative TB test and be current on their tetanus shots. The TB exam is free and will be conducted during class. There should be bus service available to the Lemur Center.
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Sociobiology is the study of the adaptive significance of social behavior. In the first half of the course we shall cover the relevant principles of evolutionary theory, behavioral ecology, ethology, and sociobiology, and illustrate them with examples from a variety of vertebrates (and the occassional slime mold). In the second part we shall examine whether these concepts shed light on such contentious aspects of human social behavior as rape, murder, incest, altruism and ethics, homosexuality, infanticide, human mating systems, etc. and compare the explanatory power of the sociobiological hypotheses with that of alternative explanations.
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This course is designed to provide an introduction to the functional anatomy of the lower extremity. Students will have the opportunity to locate, identify, and dissect all major muscular, nervous, vascular, bony, and soft tissue structures using cadaveric specimens. The primary emphasis of the course is placed on learning lower extremity anatomy through cadaveric dissection. Five students will be assigned to each cadaver with each student expected to participate in the dissection and demonstrate morphologic structures to each other.
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The osteology of modern and fossil primates. The focus is on skeletal anatomy relevant to primate evolution: Primate systematics, the anatomy of bone, the primate fossil record, and the comparative method. This is a lab-based course with hands-on experience with osteological material.
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In this class we will be using fossil casts, literature, and discussion to explore critical periods in our evolutionary transition from ape to human. Focus will be on anatomical changes in the fossil primates of the Miocene and Pliocene epochs (~24-1.8 mya), a time period during which ape species and human ancestors differentiated. We will also discuss recent findings in genomics that bear on the key changes in this transition (e.g. language acquisition) and some aspects of social complexity that may be discernible in the fossil record or by inference from living primates.
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Directed reading, tutorial, or individual project in a field of special interest, under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive paper or other approved product. Typically involves substantial readings, regular discussion with the faculty supervisor, and the production of a review paper that seeks to thoughtfully analyze, critique, and synthesize the literature on a previously approved topic. Before being given permission to register, students must submit a written proposal outlining the area of study and listing the goals and meeting schedule to the faculty advisor. See below (Additional info.).
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Directed reading, tutorial, or individual project in a field of special interest, under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive paper or other approved product. Typically involves substantial readings, regular discussion with the faculty supervisor, and the production of a review paper that seeks to thoughtfully analyze, critique, and synthesize the literature on a previously approved topic. Before being given permission to register, students must submit a written proposal outlining the area of study and listing the goals and meeting schedule to the faculty advisor. See below (Additional info.).
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Directed reading, tutorial, or individual project in a field of special interest, under the supervision of a faculty member, resulting in a substantive paper or other approved product. Typically involves substantial readings, regular discussion with the faculty supervisor, and the production of a review paper that seeks to thoughtfully analyze, critique, and synthesize the literature on a previously approved topic. Before being given permission to register, students must submit a written proposal outlining the area of study and listing the goals and meeting schedule to the faculty advisor. See below (Additional info.).
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