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Course code: BBS20262o10Semester: 2010/2011 winter
Name: Morphological anthropology
Major: Biology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 3
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 10 / 35 / 0
Lecturer: dr Jacek Szczurowski
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Student gets knowledge of the diversity of the human skeleton phylogeny and individual development.
Competences: Acquired knowledge is the basis for studies on the morphology of human and primates.
Prerequisites: Functional anatomy of human. Vertebrate zoology.
Course content: The scope and purpose of the morphology, shape as a result of endo- and exogenous factors. The antropomorphology of the skull, craniometry and cranioscopy. Osteometry and osteoscopy. The characteristics dependance in onto- and phylogeny; shape variations in comparison with other Primates, especially with Pongide.
Recommended literature: Martin R. 1988 Antropologie, Handbuch der Vergleichen Biologie des Menschen. Gustaw Fisher Verlag; Bożiłow W., 1997 Podstawy antropometrii. PWN Warszawa-Łódź
Assessment methods: Completion of laboratory training; written test after semester; minimum 60% of knowledge to pass.
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