Bi8720 Human adaptations in Quaternary environments

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Svoboda, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Svoboda, DrSc.
Department of Anthropology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Jiří Svoboda, DrSc.
Timetable
Mon 13:00–14:50 Bp1
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This lecture reviews the rhytm of climatical changes during the Pleistocene and the Holocene, follows the patterns of human evolution, expansion of human populations in space and time, and adaptations in the newly settled environments. Adaptations of socio-cultural character predominate during the course of the evolution.
Syllabus
  • 1. Pleistocene and Holocene: review of Quaternary sediments and climatical record. 2. Origin and adaptation of early hominids in Africa, colonisation of Europe and Asia. 3. Neanderthals: case of an archaic human adaptation in the Eurasian zone. 4. Modern humans: origin of a new population in Africa and its expansion to the other continents, question of the „human revolution“. 5. Gravettian of Moravia: case of a modern human adaptation in glacial environment of the Danubian Europe. 6. Last Glacial Maximum, Late Glacial, origin and expansion of the Magdalenian. 7. Environmental change during the Holocene, human adaptation, demographic growth, domestication of plants and animals, question of the „Neolithic revolution“. 8. Expansion of agriculture, intensification, preconditions for the origin of cities and states.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006.
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