
Russell Tuttle
21102/38400. Classical Readings in Anthropology: History and Theory of Human Evolution (=EVOL 38400, HIPS 23600). A seminar on racial, sexual and class bias in the classic theoretic writings, autobiographies, and biographies of Darwin, Huxley, Haeckel, Keith, Osborn, Jones, Gregory, Morton, Broom, Black, Dart, Weidenreich, Robinson, Leakey, LeGros-Clark, Schultz, Straus, Hooton, Washburn, Coon, Dobzhansky, Simpson, and Gould. R. Tuttle. Winter 1996, 1998, Winter 2000, Winter 2002, Winter 2004
21406/383. The Practice of Anthropology: Celebrity and Science in Paleo-anthropology (= HIPS 21100). A seminar to explore the balance among research, show biz, big business, and politics in the careers of Louis, Mary, and Richard Leakey; Alan Walker; Donald Johanson; Jane Goodall; Dian Fossey; and Birut� Galdikas through films, taped interviews, autobiogra-phies, biographies, pop publications, instructor's anecdotes, and samples of their scientific writings. R. Tuttle. Winter 1997, Autumn 2000, Winter 2003, Winter 2005
28100/38100. Evolution of the Hominoidea (=EVOL 38100, HIPS 24000). This course carries 200 units of credit. A detailed consideration of the fossil record and the phylogeny of Ho-minidae and collateral taxa of the Hominoidea is based upon studies of casts and comparative primate osteology. R. Tuttle. Spring 1996, 1998, Winter 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004.
28300/38200. Comparative Primate Morphology (=EVOL 38200, HIPS 23500). This course carries 200 units of credit. Functional morphology of locomotor, alimentary, and reproductive systems in pri-mates is studied. Dissections are performed on monkeys and apes. R. Tuttle. Autumn 1994, 1996, Spring 2000, Spring 2002, Spring 2004
28600/38600. Apes and Human Evolution (=EVOL 38600, HIPS 23700). A critical examination of the ways in which data on the behavior, morphology and genetics of apes have been used to elucidate human evolution, with particular emphasis on bipedalism, hunting, meat-eating, tool behavior, food sharing, cognitive ability, language, self-awareness, and sociability. Visits to local zoos, films, and demonstrations with casts of fossils and skeletons. R. Tuttle. Spring 1995, 1997, Summer 2001, Spring 2003, Spring 2005
481. Advanced Problems in Paleoanthropology (=EvBiol 481). This course includes tutorial museum, laboratory, and field studies on the hom-inoid fossil record and contextual information relevant to its interpretation. R. Tuttle. Autumn, Winter, Spring. Annually.
485. Advanced Problems in Primate Locomotion and Comparative Morphology (=EvBiol 485). This course is a seminar and/or laboratory study of the morphological and behavioral adaptations of selected primates and implications for primate phylogeny. R. Tuttle. Autumn, Winter, Spring. Annually.
21405/380. The Practice of Anthropology: The Search for Culture. Class limited to twenty students. As a point of departure, we will read and discuss Adam Kuper's provocative book, Culture: The Anthropologists' Account (Harvard University Press, 1999). Then students will report on other books and papers to stimulate our collective discussion of questions on the operational definitions of culture, cultural categories, and multiculturalism. We will also explore the question of whether other animals, specifically chimpanzees, have culture. R. Tuttle. Summer 2000. (Not Active 2/6/03)
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