ANTH 599: Contemporary Issues in Anthropology

ANTH 599-001: Food and Human Evolution
(Fall 2022)

10:30 AM to 11:45 AM MW

David J. King Hall 2084

Section Information for Fall 2022

What did you eat today?  Yesterday?  When you were five?  When you choose foods, you are negotiating a complicated web of culture and biology. In this class, we're going to explore the relationship between food and how humans evolved. Although many claim to know what the "ideal" human diet is, we'll see why there isn't one perfect diet.  Because humans evolved from other primates, and because we are very closely related genetically but live an almost all the geographic niches on the planet, our main dietary adaptation is flexibility. We'll consider questions including: What have humans evolved to eat? To not eat? How has our diet shaped our evolution? How have humans changed the adaptations of the plants and animals that we eat? Is the modern human diet "healthy"? What is the relationship between gender, status, and diet? What is the real "paleo-diet," anyway? This course is cross listed with ANTH 366-001.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Explores current issues and debates in anthropology. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 18 credits.
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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