ANTH B264/B464 HUMAN FOSSILS/HUMAN PALEONTOLOGY WINTER 2003 Dr Bob Mucci: Office: Lindenwood 231. Office Tel 219- 980-6607 (voice mail also). Office hours: Tues: 1 to 5, Thurs 1 to 3; other times and days by appointment, or just call or drop by any time — I am on campus most days, and I can usually see you for at least a few minutes at any time. If you can't find me, or need to leave a message or a paper, go to the Sociology & Anthropology Main Office: Lindenwood 214 (tel 219-980-6789); Tara, the secretary there, can tell you if, say, I've gone over to the Anthropology Resource Center in Marram 319. You may call me at home: 773-929-0456. You can contact me by E-mail: Rmucci@iun.edu (read at IUN) or Rmucci@iuc.edu (read at home) This is a course in the fossil evidence for human evolution, and its varied interpretations; it will also cover the biographies (and personalities) of the famous paleoanthropologists of the past century. It is a second level (sophomore) course; beginning students should take ANTH A105 Human Origins first; We do allow students to jump into B264 without A105 if they are willing to work harder, and to facilitate that, the core textbook for B264 is actually an introductory level book (Campbell). Required books: Humankind Emerging, 8th edition, Campbell & Loy, 2000 Extinct Humans, Ian Tattersall, 2001 Bones of Contention, Roger Lewin, second edition, 1997 (red this like a novel) Annual Editions, Physical Anthropology, any recent year Additional textbook for B464 students: Reconstructing Human Origins, Glen Conroy, 1997 Optional Encyclopedic reference: Paleoanthropology, Milford Wolpoff, second edition, 1999 Suggested books: Getting Here by William Howells. New edition, 1997. a nice review of A105, with added material on the Neandertal question. Blueprints by MA Edey & Don Johanson — lots on the history of discovery, and the personalities involved; if you didn't read it for A105, read the relevant sections before the other material. Whatever textbook you used for A105 — you may want to review as we go. There is a separate Library reserve list and suggested book report list. Format: lecture & discussion-based; Open-notes quiz every Tuesday (best 10 of 12); two open-notes exams, one paper, occasional homework to be handed in. (The quizzes and exams are open notes and limited open book; these are the rules: you can use the Campbell book, but no other, you can also use any notes from lectures (or done while reading) that are hand written by yourself – no xeroxes, no printouts.) The paper for B264 will be in the form of a book report; the paper for B464 must be a 20 page senior level scientific review of primary literature -- topic agreed upon in advance. The discussion sessions will be used for hands-on examination of the fossil casts in the Anthropology Resource Center, for actual small group discussions (sometimes with the casts at hand), and for videos. The exams and quizzes in the lectures on Tuesdays may have "lab" material questions, and there will be a separate "lab" final exam. I will attempt to cover the important points in lecture, but students are expected to learn much of the course material on their own from the readings. B264 students are advised to have had A105 (or to work harder to catch up to this level); they need to concentrate on the four required books, and the exams and book report. They might need to refer to the reserve list occasionally, especially to the lower level books and encyclopedic works. B464 students are expected to have had A105, and are advised to have had either B200 or a background in biology; in addition to the B264 material, they must write a senior-level scientific library research term paper on an agreed upon topic (instead of a book report). They also are expected to learn the material at a deeper level, studying the Conroy book every week, frequently using the Wolpoff book and the reserve material, and to be the "leaders" of the discussions in the course. If you want to change your registration from one to the other, it is simpler to do so before the end of the refund period; you cannot change after the end of the automatic ‘W' period (that's the end of the tenth week, see the IUN timetable schedule of classes). It should cost about $20 to make the change; see me if they try to charge you more. The paper for B264: Paper must be a chapter-by-chapter book report of a popular book about human evolution, agreed upon by myself and each student in advance; it is not to be a book about the fossils themselves (like the Extinct Humans book) nor about personalities (like Bones of Contention), but rather a book for a general educated reader that balances fossil data with culture, genetics, etc. Something you can read like a novel rather than a textbook; there are examples on the book list handout. I will give out a guidelines sheet later. The paper for B464: Ideally it should be about 20 typed pages in length and address a topic of controversy in the field; please work with me throughout the semester on topics and sources — I will be happy to look at early drafts. The first half of the paper should be an overview of the topic, the context; the second part should be based on two (or more) primary sources with differing interpretations — your job is to write in a way that convinces me you understand the arguments. You must use the Walpoff book as much as possible for your topic. Talk to me right away about your topic, you must choose one by the third week (at least the "general" topic), and be working on it the week after; show me a detailed bibliography before the mid term, and a draft of the paper the day after the Spring Break. SCHEDULE OF READINGS AND LECTURES — subject to change I expect you to have at least looked at the material BEFORE the lecture, but the quiz will be on the previous week's readings and lectures. Week 1 Humans and primates – a review; ALL: READ Campbell Preface, Introduction, and Chapter 3 B464: Conroy: Preface & Chapter 1 up thru mid page 16. Optional: Wolpoff Introduction Lab 1 the primate skull, the human skull; the names of the bones; teeth; study Campbell pages 627- 631, 193, and 89, 90, & 96. Week 2 first quiz. Apes and pre-hominid fossil ancestors; geological time; dating; paleoclimates; ALL: READ Campbell Chapter 5 up to page 183, pages 320-321, & Appendix II; READ Extinct Humans Chapter 1. Optional reading: Campbell Cahpter 1. B464: Conroy: rest of Chapter 1, & pages 47-62 on dating. Optional: Wolpoff Ch 1 & 4 (all you can do is browse and look at the illustrations, it's an encyclopedia) Lab 2 skeletal anatomy of humans & apes; intro to Miocene fossils. Week 3 South African Hominids; taphonomy; osteodontokeratic. ALL: READ Campbell Chapter 6; READ Bones of Contention Acknowledgments & Chapters 1 thru 4; READ Extinct Humans pages 56-75. B464: Conroy pages 42-47, 134-149. Optional: Wolpoff 260-264, etc. & Ch 5 Lab 3 South African hominids; video about Dart Week 4 Back to the Miocene; "Ramapithecus" ALL: READ Bones of Contention Chapters 5 & 6; READ Campbell 183-201 (timelines are important). B464: Conroy Chapter 3, and 459-461 Optional: browse Wolpoff Chapter 3, especially last half. Lab 4 making family trees; video Week 5 East Africa I: the Leakeys and other fossils ALL: READ Campbell Ch 7; READ Extinct Humans pages 75-98; READ Bones of Contention Chs 7 & 8 B464: Conroy pages 150-173; Optional: Wolpoff Chapter 6 Lab 5 meet the fossils; Campbell 620-626 Week 6 more Australopithecus; Review of Evolutionary Processes; punctuated equilibrium ALL: READ Extinct Humans Chapter 2 and pages 98-103; READ Bones of Contention Chs 9 thru 12; READ Campbell pages 65-73; Annual Eds: "Early Hominid fossils from Africa" B464: Conroy pages 62-77, 174-205, bottom 237-253; Optional: Wolpoff Chapter 7 Lab 6 cladistics; Classifying: Cladograms. See http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/clad/clad5.html Week 7 Homo habilis; ALL: READ Extinct Humans Chapter 4; READ Campbell Chapter 8 and pages (bottom) 306- (middle)320; Annual Eds: "A New Human Ancestor" & "Scavenger Hunt" B464: READ Conroy Chapter 6; Optional: Wolpoff Chapter 8 Lab 7 Discovering Olduvai you should be well along on your book reports and term papers. Week 8 The bipedalism question; ALL: READ Campbell pages 294-306; Annual Eds: "Sunset on the savanna" & "One giant step for Man" B464: Conroy pages 205-237; Optional: Wolpoff Chapter 4 Lab 8 TBA Week 9 Tues review, Thurs Midterm No Labs this week SPRING BREAK WEEK Week 10 Homo erectus I ALL: READ Campbell Chapters 10 & 11; READ Extinct Humans Chapter 5, & Chapter 6 thru page 156; Annual Eds: "Erectus Rising" & "Scavenging of Peking Man" B464: Conroy 282-323; Optional: Wolpoff Chapter 9 Labs: there will be labs every week, but all are TBA Week 11 Homo erectus II ALL: READ Campbell Chapters 12 & 13; READ Extinct Humans rest of Chapter 6; Annual Eds: "Asian Hominids Grow Older" & "Doubting Dmansi" B464: Conroy 323-343; Optional: Wolpoff Chapter 10 Week 12 Homo heidelbergensis ALL: READ Campbell Chapter 14; READ Bones of Contention Chapter 13; Annual Eds: "Gift of Gab" B464: Conroy Chapter 8; Optional: Wolpoff Chapter 11 Week 13 Neandertals ALL: READ Campbell Chapter 15; READ Extinct Humans Chapter 7; Annual Eds: "Hard Times among the Neandertals" & Who were the Neandertals" & Fate of the Neandertals", "Dating Game" & "Neandertal Peace" & "Learning to love Neandertals" B464: Conroy 416-458; Optional: Wolpoff Chapter 13 Week 14 No quiz today, PAPERS ARE DUE. Modern humans I ALL: READ Campbell Chapters 16 & 17; READ Extinct Humans Chapter 8; READ Bones of Contention Chapter 13; Annual Eds: "Archaeologists Rediscover Cannibals", "Exploring basic Human Nature" B464: Conroy chapter 9 & pages 402-416; Optional: Wolpoff Chapter 12 Week 15 More Modern Humans ALL: READ Campbell Chapter 18, Annual Eds: "Black white other", "racial Odyssey", "Culture not Race", "Tall and Short of IT" B464: Optional: Wolpoff Chapter 14 RESERVE BOOK LIST FOR ANTHRO B264/B464 WINTER 2003 Listed in roughly descending order of importance. (There are many other good books on the shelves and in the reference section besides these.) Reference Section, Library Use Only: (all 3 under GN 281) Encyclopedia of human evolution and prehistory, 2nd ed. / editors, Eric Delson, 1999. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution, 1992 History of Physical Anthropology, 1997, Frank Spencer Reserve Desk, Library use only: Paleoanthropology, Second edition, by Milford Walpoff. 1999 (also at IUN bookstore) Annual Editions, Physical Anthropology, 02/03 Reserve Desk, Two Day Check-out: The Human Fossil Record, Terminology and Craniodental Morphology of Genus Homo (Europe), Jeffrey H. Schwartz, 2002 (on order) The Human Fossil Record, Terminology and Craniodental Morphology of Genus Homo (Africa & Asia), Jeffrey H. Schwartz, 2003 (on order) Human Evolution: an Illustrated Introduction, 4th edition, Roger Lewin. 1999 Principles of Human Evolution, by Roger Lewin, 1998 Human Origins: The Fossil Record, 3rd edition, by Larsen et al, 1998 (on order) Human Paleobiology, Robert B. Eckhardt, 2002 (on order) Human Evolution, 4th edition, by Bernard Campbell, 1998 Getting Here, William Howells. New edition, 1997. The Human Evolution Source Book, RL Ciochon & JG Fleagle, eds. 1993 Conceptual Issues in Modern Human Origins Research, Clark & Willermet, eds. 1997 The New Physical Anthropology, SC Strum et al, eds. 1999 Integrative Paths to the Past, RS Corruccini & RL Ciochon, eds. Prentice Hall, 1994 Ancestors, the hard evidence, 1985, Delson, Eric. Journals: Evolutionary Anthropology (get current issues at the reserve desk; ones older than a year or two are on the second floor) American Journal of Physical Anthropology (no current issues in library; ones older than 10 years are on second floor; current and older issues are available in the Anthropology Adjunct Office, Sycamore 319C) Journal of Human Evolution (a few issues in Sycamore) BUT: the IUN Library is very good at getting copies of articles from other libraries in a couple of days; see any librarian about interlibrary loans. POSSIBLE BOOKS FOR B264 BOOK REPORT Th Dawn of Human Culture, Richard Klein, 2002 Race and Human Evolution: A Fatal Attraction, Milford Wolpoff, 1997 Monkey in the Mirror, Ian Tattersall What It Means to Be 98 % Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and Their Genes, J Marks, 2002 Seven Daughters of Eve: Science Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry, Bryan Sykes, 2001 Human Natures, Paul Ehrlich, 2000 Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness, Ian Tattersall, 1998 (NOT Tattersall's The Fossil Trail, it is too similar to our text, his Extinct Humans)