Fisrt hominins and the genus Homo
1
2022-2023
02004847
Biology
Portuguese
English
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
6.0
Elective
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado
Recommended Prerequisites
Paleoanthropology.
Teaching Methods
Power point presentations; discussions; analysis of fossil casts; analysis of primate skeletons.
Learning Outcomes
This unit aims to provide the knowledge on the early phases of human evolution, from eraly forms to the emergence of modern humans.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
Humans as primates. The living primates.
Comparative anatomy of the hominoids.
Introduction to human evolution. Hominoids evolution in the Miocene.
Why Africa?
Early hominin fossils . The Miocenne pore human fossils.
Australopithecus and Paranthropus. Bipedality;
Phylogenetic relations among Homo and the pre existing forms.
Early Homo. Fisrt stone tools.
First out of Africa.
Dmanisi and Java.
Atapuerca: the fisrt europeans and the tresor from Middle Pleistocene.
.Homo heidelbergensis in Europe.
The origin of neandertals.
who were the Neandertlas?.
the question of the 1st burials.
Neandertlas extinction.
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Mini Tests: 30.0%
Synthesis work: 70.0%
Bibliography
Cunha, E. 2010. Como nos tornamos humanos. Coimbra. Imprensa da Universidade
Klein,R. 2009. The human career. Chicago. Chicago University Press.3rd edition
Delson, E.;Tatersall, I.;Van Couvering, J. A.; Brooks, A. S. (Editors). 2000. Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory. 2nd edition. NY. Garland Publishing, Inc.