ANTH 501 - Physical and Cultural Adaptations

Credit Hours: 3

This course examines how humans have adapted to their unique environments through cultural alterations and physical changes to the body by looking at pre-1492 Native American peoples. The development of human cultures are examined beginning with the origins of the First Americans and tracing their migrations to the various environments of North, Central, and South America for a more in-depth look at the range of variability among living peoples. The growth and development of human cultures are examined from the movement of pre-1492 Native Americans as bands and progressing through tribes to more advanced urban societies.