Becoming Human

What does it mean to be human?

Are we defined by our ability to communicate? To create? To organize complex society?

In this course, you will learn to use the tools of evolutionary anthropology to trace human origins and adaptations through deep time. The goal will be to explore how evidence from the past (fossils, remnants of tools and art, DNA) as well as parallels in the present helps us to define what it means to be human and understand the unique moments of adaptation and change that created, and continues to maintain, our species.