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CBCS Syllabus for Anthropology Major (UG) FOR 1ST Semester
Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Credit 6 (Theory: 4; Practical: 2)
COURSE OBJECTIVE: Provide understanding of the essence of Biological Anthropology.
COURSE OUTCOME:
• Students will learn about the genesis and development of biological anthropology.
• Learn about the aspects from which evolution and variation is studied.
Theory
Unit I: History of Physical Anthropology and development of modern Biological anthropology, aim, scope and its relationship with allied disciplines.
Difference in the approaches of modern and traditional Biological anthropology, with emphasis on human evolution.
Unit II: History and development of understanding human variation and evolutionary thought.
Theories of evolution: Lamarckism, Neo Lamarckism, Darwinism, Synthetic theory, Mutation and Neo mutation theory, Shifting balance theory, Quantum Evolution, The Neutral Molecular Theory of Evolution, Punctuated Equilibrium Theory and Coalescent Theory
Unit III: Non human primates in relation to human evolution:
1. Classification and characteristics of living primates
2. Comparative anatomy and behavior of human and non-human primates.
3. Significance of non-human primate study in Biological Anthropology
Unit IV: Great division of Humanity
1. A comparative account of various racial classifications (Hooton, Deniker, Risley and Guha)
2. UNESCO Statement on Race.
3. Recent understanding of human biological categories in the context of human genome research
Unit V: Elementary genetics: Cell, Cell division, Biological basis of Inheritance, Chromosome (Structure and shape, Human Karyotype), Gene, DNA (Structure, replication), RNA, mRNA (its role in understanding human evolution)
Practical
I: Somatometric measurements:
1. Maximum head length 9. Physiognomic facial height
2. Maximum head breadth 10. Morphological facial height
3. Minimum frontal breadth 11. Physiognomic upper facial height
4. Maximum bizygomatic breadth 12. Morphological upper facial height
5. Bigonial breadth 13. Head circumference
6. Nasal height 14. Stature
7. Nasal length 15. Sitting height
8. Nasal breadth 16. Body weight
17. Total Upper Extremity length
18. Total Lower Extremity length
2: Somatoscopic observation:
1. Head form 2. Hair form 3. Facial form 4. Eye form
5. Nose form 6. Hair colour 7. Eye colour 8. Skin colour