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ANTH 308. Human Evolutionary Anatomy
Comprehensive, comparative study of musculoskeltal 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.
Prerequisite: ANTH 343 or ANTH 340 or ANTH 356 or a course in human or comparative vertebrate anatomy.
3 hours or 1 unit.