ANT 3110 - Race and Human Variation

Credits: 3

Description: This course explores the history of the race concept in biological anthropology and evaluates human biological variation from a biocultural perspective. The first half of the course includes a critical history of the race concept in biological context, focusing on the development of this concept and the social consequences of its adoption. The second half of the course addresses human biological variation from a biocultural perspective. This perspective evaluates biological variation within the context of environment and culture, and views the interaction of these contexts as essential in understanding human phenotypic variation.