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Course code: BBS20215o11Semester: 2011/2012 winter
Name: Physical antropology
Major: Biology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. prof. nadzw. Barbara Kwiatkowska
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: A student gets knowledge of the human individual, time and space variability, take the basic knowledge about directions in the anthropology.
Competences: Knowledge gained will help to develop skills relating to research methodology.
Prerequisites: None.
Course content: Biological and cultural properties of man. Intra-species and intra-race variability of man. Man against the order of primates. Basics of anthropogenesis. Genetic and environmental determinants of human ontogenesis. Growing up, ossification, maturation, development of body types - the rate, sequence, correlations. Acceleration and secular changes. Measures and factors of physical development. Base of demography.
Recommended literature: Malinowski A. Red. - Antropologia z elementami ekologii człowieka.. 1999. Malinowski A., Bożiłow W.; - Podstawy antropometrii. Metody, techniki, normy. 1997. Charzewski J. i in. – Antropologia. 2004. Wolański N. - Ekologia człowieka. 2006.
Assessment methods: Completion of laboratory training; written exam (test) after semester; minimum 60% of knowledge to pass.
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