Brad R. Huber's

Anthropology 342: Human Behavior and Evolution

Course Materials

• Fall 2008 Syllabus
• Homework Questions
• Disciplines that Study Human Behavior and Evolution
• Human Behavior and Evolution Theories
• Glossary compiled for the course by Huber
• WebCT

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Oral Presentations

• First Group of Oral Presentations
• Second Group of Oral Presentations

Exams and Extra-Credit

• Potential Essays for Exam 1
• Optional Extra Credit for Barry Hewlett's Intimate Fathers due Tuesday, Oct 21
• Optional Extra Credit for Part III of Sarah Hrdy's Mother Nature due Tuesday, Nov 4
• Potential Essays for Exam 2

Paper Guidelines and Samples

• Some Ideas for Oral Presentation and Research Papers
• American Anthropological Association Style Guide
• Examples of how to format citations and references in American Anthropological Association Style
• Examples of how headings and subheadings are used, and how to label tables and figures in American Anthropological Association Style
• Sample Research Paper #1
• Sample Research Paper #2

Links to Topics Discussed in the Course:

History and Introduction

• Glossary for Human Ecology
• The Evolutionary Psychology FAQ
• Kinship and the Inbreeding Coefficient
• Kinship Relationship Chart
• Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology
• Learning Who Is Your Mother: The Process of Imprinting
• Operation Migration and Whooping Cranes
• What is Human Behavioral Ecology?

Parenting (Maternal Perspectives)

• Sarah Blaffer Hrdy (Interview by American Scientist Online)

Mating and Reproductive Success

• Summary Chart for Sear et al. article

Paternal Certainty; Sex-Biased Parental Investment

• Summary Chart for Huber and Breedlove article
• Paternal Certainty and Social Complexity (ppt)

Parenting (Paternal Perspectives)

• Barry Hewlett's Home Page
• Cultural Diversity among African Pygmies by Barry S. Hewlett
• 'Pygmies' in Central Africa from Survival International

Parenting (Infant Perspectives)

• John Bowlby---Bibliography and Links
• GeneImprint A website on Genetic/Genomic Imprinting
• Diagram of a Human Placenta
• What should be concluded from Hrdy Pt.3? Classroom Exercise
• Roly Poly by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

Health, Illness & Evolutionary Medicine

• Pathogen Stress Examples
• Content and Antioxidant Activity of Phenolic Compounds in Cold-Pressed Plant Oils
• Female Breast Anatomy with Lymph Nodes
• Types of Breast Lobules
• Basal-Cell Carcinoma, Nicaraguan Man
• Spreading Malignant Melanoma
• Nuer Man, Scarification
• Courtship Ritual, Galapagos Islands
• Evolutionary Medicine 38 Talks
• Additional Readings:
  • Origins and Evolution of the Western Diet
  • Essential fatty acids in mothers and their neonates

Religion

• Huber's Notes on Ritual, Emotion, and Sacred Symbols by Alcorta and Sosis
• Huber's Short Outline on Ritual, Emotion, and Sacred Symbols by Alcorta and Sosis
• Brain Anatomy; White and Grey Matter
• Brain Anatomy; Amygdala Hippocampus
• Brain Anatomy: Pre-frontal Cortex
• Limbic System
• Autonomic Nervous System
• Additional Readings:
  • Alcorta & Sosis' Ritual, Emotion, and Sacred Symbols
  • Sosis' Adaptive Value of Religious Ritual
  • Sosis' & Alcorta's Signaling, Solidarity, and the Sacred

Other Human Behavior and Evolution Links

• Anthro.net's Evolutionary Psychology Page
• Is disgust instinctual?
• Human Evolution Videos,Interviews, Print Material, and Links
• Love and Beauty Poll

Professional Societies

• Evolutionary Anthropology Society
• Human Behavior and Evolution
• International Society for Human Ethology
• Other Societies and Academic Groups (HBES list)

Journals

• Evolution and Human Behavior
• Evolutionary Anthropology
• Human Nature

Places to Study

• Society for Evolutionary Anthropology list
• HBES list

 

Doing Online Literature Searches

• When doing online searches of your topic, include one or more of the following phrases:
  • "human behavioral ecology", or simply,"behavioral ecology"
  • "evolutionary psychology"
  • "evolutionary anthropology"
  • "Darwinian", adaptation, "ethology"

• For example, combine "depression" with "Darwinian"

Writing and Research Tools (* = Best Resources)

• *Academic Search Premier
• Academic OneFile
• Anthropological Index
• *ArticleFirst
• *CofC Library Catalog
• ebrary Books
• General Reference Materials at CofC
• *Google Scholar Online
• Human Relations Area Files Full Text on Cultures Around World
• *InfoTrac Expanded Index Articles
• *JSTOR Articles
• Links to articles on the HBES web site: http://www.hbes.com/HBES/articles.htmHuman
• *NetLibrary Electronic Books
• *PASCAL Books in South Carolina
• *PsycARTICLES
• *Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
• *ScienceDirect
• *Sociological Abstracts
• *Web of Science Articles
• *WorldCat Books
• The Writings of Charles Darwin on the Web; and a Brief Biography