ANTH3005 - Hunter-Gatherers Past, Present and Future
Term 1
Description
Hunter-gatherers past
present and future’ will cover the relevant literature on the study of
contemporary hunter-gatherers aiming at understanding their evolutionary
history and pre-history, their demography and demographic challenges to their
existence that began with the invention of agriculture. The course will cover
hunter-gatherer’s genetic, linguistic
and behavioural affinities, population decrease, extinction and resilience. The
course will also focus on hunter-gatherers adaptations in the past and present,
exploring their behavioural, genetic, life history and cultural adaptations to the environment and to the current
demographic pressures imposed by the growing neighbour populations.
Furthermore, the course will discuss the usefulness of current hunter-gatherer
models to explore past human evolution and will also focus on the political and conservation conflicts related to
the current and future maintenance of hunter-gatherers’ lands and the process
of cultural and biological loss happening to most hunter-gatherer populations
due to external pressures.
ANTH3005
| aught by: | Dr Andrea Migliano, Dr Jerome Lewis |
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E-mail: |
a.migliano@ucl.ac.uk, jerome.lewis@ucl.ac.uk |
| Assessment: | 2.5 hour unseen written exam (50%) + 2000 words essay (50%) |
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Student Contact Hours: |
2 hour lecture + 1 hour tutorial per week |
| Prerequisites: |
ANTH7018: Human Behavioural Ecology |
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Option Type: |
Biological Anthropology / Social Anthropology |
