ANTH 3740 - Human Adaptability

3 unit(s)

Course explores how humans survive and thrive in challenging environments, such as extreme heat and aridity, extreme cold, or high-altitude regions. Evolutionary, genetic, ecological, demographic, and cultural explanations for human biological adaptability and human plasticity are examined. Current research and case studies, focusing on the integration of social and biological approaches to the study of adaptability, will be examined.

Prerequisites: A lower division anthropology or biology course is suggested.

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