ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 1 Expository Class: 34 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 53
Use languages Spanish (100%)
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Zoology, Genetics and Physical Anthropology
Areas: Physical Anthropology
Center Faculty of Biology
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
- Identify and assess the nature and differential biological bases of the human species. Ability to analyze from a critical perspective the biological patterns of the human species as a consequence of the evolutionary process.
- Identify the stages of the hominization process. Evaluate the morphological and functional variability and its meaning in the ergonomic and human adaptability fields.
- Analyze and interpret the genetic-molecular variability of current human populations and transfer this knowdlege into various fields of practical application.
- Develop the methods and promote the critical assessment in the student on the understanding of the problem of human biological variability, in its spatial and temporal dimensions, as well as its practical consequences.
THEORY (34 h)
- Taxonomic framing of the human species within the Primate Order (2 h)
- Evolutionary trends in the Hominization process (9 h)
- Paleoanthropology. The fossil record. Stages of hominization. Evolutionary trends, adaptability and diversification. Phylogenetic interpretations. Origin of modern humans (6 h)
- Molecular Anthropology (7 h)
- Somatology and Human Adaptability (5 h)
- Interpretation of the diversity of human populations. The main human groups. Origin, dynamics and diversification (5 h)
PRACTICES (12 hours. 6 sessions /2 h).
- Descriptive evaluation of the cranium.
- Craniometry of neurocranium and splanchnocranium. Metric study of the jaw. Height determination.
- Age and sex estimates. Cranial capacity determination.
- Analysis of dermal papillary lines.
- Blood groups phenotyping.
- Forensic and populational applications of the analysis of the genetic diversity.
SEMINARS (6 hours. 3 sessions x 2 h)
- Diversity of primates. Evolutionary aspects.
- Anatomical bases of hominid locomotion.
- Geographical diversity of human populations.
TUTORIES (1 h)
Review and clarification of doubts, or other teaching aspects raised by students.
EXAM (2h)
ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRES (2x1h)
Basic bibliography
- Jurmain, R., Kilgore, L., Trevathan, W. and Ciochon, R.L., 2018. Introduction to Physical Anthropology. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth-Cengage Learning.
- Stanford, C., Allen, J.S., Anton S.C., 2017 (4th Ed.). Biological anthropology : the natural history of humankind. Pearson, Boston.
- Valls, A., 1985. Introducción a la antropología: fundamentos de la evolución y de la variabilidad biológica del hombre. 2ª ed. Barcelona: Labor.
- S. Stinson, B. Bogin, D. O'Rourke. 2012. Human Biology: An Evolutionary And Biocultural Perspective, Second Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.*
- Cela Conde, C. J. Y Ayala, F. J. 2014. Evolución Humana. Alianza Editorial.*
- D. H. O'Rourke. 2019. A Companion To Anthropological Genetics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.*
Complementary bibliography
- Conroy G.C., Pontzer H., 2012 (3rd Ed). Reconstructing modern origins. A modern synthesis. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
- Lewin, R., 2005. Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction. 5th ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
- Speicher, M.R. Motulsky, A.G. and Antonarakis, S.E. eds., 2010. Vogel and Motulsky’s Human genetics: Problems and Approaches. 4th completely rev. ed. Berlin: Springer.
- F. H. Smith And J. C. M. Ahern. 2013. The Origins Of Modern Humans: Biology Reconsidered. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.*
* References available in electronic format for USC students and PDI.
- Knowledge/contents: Con01, Con03, Con04, Con06, Con08, Con09, Con10
- Skills/skills: H/D01, H/D02, H/D03, H/D04, H/D05, H/D07, H/D08, H/D09, H/D10, H/D11, H/D13
- Competencies: Com01, Comp02, Comp04, Comp05
- Lectures (non-mandatory): Master classes.
- Tutoring (non-mandatory): Online meetings (synchronous using MS-Teams) for clarification of the doubts raised by the students.
- Interactive classes (mandatory): Laboratory experiments and a computer-assisted statistical analysis session.
- Seminars (non-mandatory): Presentation and explanation of figures describing primate variability and the muscular dynamics of their locomotion.
Practices.- Two evaluation modalities that will count as 20% of the final rating:
(a) Continuous evaluation: Active participation, by attendance (mandatory non-evaluable), followed by the preparation and delivery of a final report (mandatory and evaluable). Attendance control: Appointment of each of the students listed in the group that makes up the practice. Compliance: Maximum a lack of assistance with supporting accreditation.
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(b) Exam of the practices developed during the course for those students with circumstances that avoid or make it very difficult to benefit from the previous evaluation modality (a).
Repeaters who have passed practices in previous courses will be assigned the grade previously obtained.
Theory.-
1) Conducting questionnaires (mandatory and evaluable) of continuous evaluation (10%) on the Virtual Campus.
2) Final written examination (mandatory and evaluable) of the subject taught in the course (70%), complementary to the continuous evaluation. The contents of the theory are developed in two main parts. The overall note of the final review is established, in principle, by the weighted average for both parts. However, in order to reach 50% of the maximum score it is necessary to obtain at least 35% of the maximum possible rating of each part.
To pass the subject, the student will be required to reach at least 50% of the maximum score in each of the 3 evaluable sections (practices, questionnaires and final exam).
For students who are exempt from attending class, the assessment will be conducted by written exam (90% of the grade) and completion of continuous assessment questionnaires on the Virtual Campus (10% of the grade). In this case, there will be a theoretical content and problem-solving exam, identical to that for other students, which will represent 70% of the final grade, and a practical exam, which will represent 20% of the final grade.
On the second opportunity and for the repeating students the evaluation criteria will be the same as in the case of the first opportunity.
The positive evaluation achieved by either side (Theory/Practice) will be kept for four academic courses.
In the final exam the following competences learning outcomes will be evaluated: Con01, Con03, Con04, Con06, Con08, Con09, Con10, Comp01, Comp02, Comp05, H/D01, H/D03, H/D04, H/D07, H/D08, H/D09, H/D11.
In the realization of the practices and the report of practices the following learning outcomes will be evaluated: Con1, Con03, Con04, Con08, Con10, H/D01, H/D02, H/D03, H/D04, H/D05, H/D07, H/D08, H/D09, H/D10, H/D11, H/D13, Comp01, Comp02, Comp04, Comp05.
Face-to-face hours:
- Theoretical: 34 hours
- Practices: 12 hours
- Seminars: 6 hours
- Tutoring: 1 hour
- Exam: 2 hours
Non-face-to-face hours: 95 total hours (80 hours of study, 2 h conducting online questionnaires and 13 h elaboration practices report)
Total workload: 150 hours
- Continuous attendance and monitoring of teaching.
- Bibliographic support oriented to the preparation and study of the subject.
- Tutoring as a support system to clarify or deepen individually in those aspects that the student needs to settle.
Throughout the course direct communication channels will be established with students (forums and Moodle messaging, virtual tutorials with MS-Teams and USC email...) especially through an operational Virtual Classroom of the subject on the Moodle platform , available to students from the first moment.
For cases of fraudulent conduct of exercises or tests, what is included in the Student Academic Performance Assessment and Grade Review Regulations shall apply.
The distribution by different means (for example, on web pages, distribution to people outside the course, etc.) without the consent of the teaching staff, of any teaching material available in the virtual classroom is also strictly prohibited.
Javier Rodriguez Luis
- Department
- Zoology, Genetics and Physical Anthropology
- Area
- Physical Anthropology
- Phone
- 881813262
- javier.rodriguez.luis [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
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| 11:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 03. Carl Linnaeus |
| 12:00-13:00 | Grupo /CLE_02 | Classroom 04: James Watson and Francis Crick |
| Thursday | ||
| 11:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_02 | Classroom 04: James Watson and Francis Crick |
| 13:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 03. Carl Linnaeus |
| 05.18.2027 10:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 01. Charles Darwin |
| 05.18.2027 10:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 02. Gregor Mendel |
| 05.18.2027 10:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 03. Carl Linnaeus |
| 07.12.2027 10:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 01. Charles Darwin |
| 07.12.2027 10:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 02. Gregor Mendel |
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