ANTHROPOLOGY 101

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Explores the field of Biological Anthropology emphasizing the evolution of the human species. Topics include human heredity, mechanisms of evolutionary change, human variation, and the reconstruction of human evolutionary history through examination of the fossil record and comparative studies of our closest biological relatives, the living monkeys and apes.

A field exercise completed at the Los Angeles Zoo is required in this course. It is possible to complete this exercise in one full day at the zoo.

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