ANTH 572O - Sem Biol Anth:Nurtrit’l Anth

Credits: Variable

This seminar will trace the history of biological anthropology from its earliest origins up to the present based on ideas drawn from the social and the biological sciences and the greater realm of science. These ideas will be placed in their social, political, and ideological contexts. The science of biological anthropology in its contemporary state will be defined by subfields, and then the origins of subfields will be explored in the past to trace their development back to the present. Of particular interest are ideas, theory, and methods that become disseminated within generations and those that persist or change through time by crossing generations. Lectures, discussions, and student reports will constitute the majority of the seminar meetings. Occasional.