CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND PHYSICS
- Overview
- Assessment methods
- Learning objectives
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- Bibliography
- Teaching methods
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The exam consists of an oral exam.
The objective of the oral exam is to evaluate the student's learning level with reference to the issues indicated in the learning objectives.
Relevant evaluation criteria are the skills:
- communicative
- to use anthropological terminology
-to identify, summarize the concepts discussed in class
-to apply the concepts and tools of anthropology
To provide basic knowledge of cultural and biological anthropology, scientific developments in physical anthropology in particular in paleoanthropology and the History of Human Evolution.
Cultural anthropology and biological anthropology: birth and history of the disciplines.
Paleoanthropology, from Sahelanthropus tchadensis to australopithecine forms: analysis of the fossil finds from the most ancient find.
Paleoanthropology, australopithecine forms: morphological analysis of the fossil finds: anamensis, afarensis, africanus.
Paleoanthropology, genus Homo. Morphological analysis of the species known to date: habilis, rudolfensis, ergaster, erectus, antecessor, cepranensis, denisova, floresiensis, georgicus, heidelbergensis, naledi, neanderthalensis, rhodesiensis, sapiens.
Learning in the evolution of the Homo genre
Biomechanics in paleoanthropology.
Osteoarchaeology and physical anthropology: study of human remains (mummified, incinerated, skeletonized).
Anthropometry: metric measurements of the skeleton and calculation of body indices. Analysis of the constitutional profiles.
Cultural anthropology with reference to the development of medical anthropology.
- G. Manzi, Il grande racconto dell’evoluzione umana. Il Mulino, 2013.
- M. Licata, Questioni emergenti in osteoarcheologia. Mimesis Edizioni, 2016.
The course is organized in 6 hours of lectures (1 CFU) with presentation of slides in Power Point.
The slides are available on e-learning
The professor receives students by appointment: marta.licata@uninsubria.it