Topics: Darwin's The Descent of Man (1871) and Human Culture
- Darwin and the Fuegians
- Neander valley discoveries
- T. H. Huxley
- Charles Lyell
- Edward Tylor and the natural origins of culture
- Sexual selection
- Human characteristics
- Human evolution
- Paleoanthropology
Instructor: Prof. James Paradis
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