Anthropology 1101 HUMAN ORIGINS Website

Kevin Callahan

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Kevin Callahancall0031@tc.umn.edu

Welcome to the Anthropology 1101 HUMAN ORIGINS Website!
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AN INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY 1101: HUMAN ORIGINS

HOW TO REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE(U of M online registration)

WHERE IS WILLEY HALL?(Spring Quarter lectures: maps, bldg. photo, parking, accesibility info.)

WHERE IS FORD HALL?(Lab sections: maps, bldg.photo, parking, accessibility info.)

THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HOME PAGE(General campus information)

U of M STUDENT ON-LINE RESOURCES

THE ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE (general information)

THE WILFORD ARCHAEOLOGY LABORATORY (Ford Hall)

THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR

THE ANTH. 1101 STUDENT PUBLIC BULLETIN BOARD

UP TO THE MINUTE NEWS IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

|ANTH. NEWS BRIEFS|HUMAN ORIGINS NEWS|ANTH. NEWSLETTERS|

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THE ANTH. 1101 COURSE SYLLABUS FOR SPRING QUARTER 1997

THE ANTH. 1101 LAB SYLLABUS FOR SPRING QUARTER 1997

GENERAL LAB INFORMATION & POLICIES(animated)

ON WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS

ONLINE HELP WITH WRITING(WWW writing labs, reference works, style manuals, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc.)

WALK IN HELP WITH WRITING(U of M Student Writing Center hours, walk ins, tutors, etc.)

THE ANTH. 1101 HUMAN ORIGINS LAB MANUAL

HUMAN ORIGINS LECTURES AND INFORMATION ON THE WEB

THE TIMELINE OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

BLANK WORLD MAPS FOR RECORDING SITE LOCATIONS

WORLD MAPS OF HUMAN ORIGINS SITES

Comet Hale-Bopp:(c)1997 Terry PlattViewing Hale Bopp

MIDTERM REVIEW STUDY SHEET

HUMAN ORIGINS VOCABULARY AND TERMS(a hypertext list by Kevin Callahan)

THE GLOSSARY PAGE

WEEK ONE: KNOW YOUR BONES! (lab 1)(photos, diagrams, software, lab drawings, etc.)

WEEK TWO: THE MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION (lab 2)(Left) A "Cells Alive" animation of a ciliated protozoan.

........DNA, GENES & CHROMOSOMES(Info. & Figures from the Human Genome Program)
3D Interactive model of a DNA molecule (rotatable with your mouse).

WEEK THREE: LIVING PRIMATES (Lab 3)(photos(Como Zoo photos, lab manual info., etc.)

........PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY LABORATORY PRIMATE LAB SPECIMENS(Photos of primate skeletons)

|PRIMATE PHOTO GALLERY 1|PRIMATE PHOTO GALLERY 2|WIS.PRIMATE IMAGES|ZOO PHOTOS|
|Primate Vocalizations | Golden Monkey Vocalizations | More Monkey Vocalizations |

WEEK FOUR: PRIMATE BEHAVIOR (Lab 4)

WEEK FIVE: AUSTRALOPITHECINES & PARANTHROPINES(Lab 5)(Photos of the U of M lab skulls, lab manual info., software, etc.)
Photo ofAustralopithecus afarensis ( AL 288 "Lucy") 3.3 - 3.0 MYA Lucy's pelvis (CSU OHIO photos: More photos are in the Lab 5 web page above)
Photo of Australopithecus africanus (KNM-ER-1813)1.4-1.3 MYA
Photo ofAustralopithecus africanus (OH-24)2.1-1.7 MYA
Photo ofAustralopithecus africanus (Taung)1.5 MYA
Photo ofParanthropus aethiopicus (KNM-WT 17000)
Photo ofParanthropus robustus (SK-48)2.0-1.5 MYA
Photo ofParanthropus boisei (OH-9)1.8 MYA
WEEK SIX: HOMO HABILIS & HOMO ERECTUS (Lab 6)(Photos and information)
Photo ofHomo habilis(KNM-ER-1470)1.8 MYA Tanzania
Photo ofHomo erectus (Peking)0.5 - 0.2 MYA
Photo ofHomo erectus (KNM-ER-15000)1.6 MYA

HOMINID SKULLDUGGERY (Summary and photos of the major hominid fossils and species.)

WEEK SEVEN: LOWER PALEOLITHIC HOMINID SUBSISTENCE & SOCIETY (Lab 7)

WEEK EIGHT: ARCHAIC H.S., NEANDERTALS, CRO-MAGNONS (Lab 8)

Photo ofArchaic Homo sapiens (Broken Hill, Rhodesia-more than 125,000 years ago)
Photo ofNeandertal (LaChapelle aux Sants, France) 40,000 years ago
Photo ofNeandertal (Skhul-V, Israel)33-31,000 years ago
NEANDERTAL RECONSTRUCTIONS & MORPHING

WEEK NINE: MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC SOCIAL STRUCTURE & FUNERARY CUSTOMS (Lab 9)

WEEK TEN: THE UPPER PALEOLITHIC: "ART" & SYMBOLISM (Lab 10)(Photos and information)

UPPER PALEOLITHIC CAVE PAINTINGS(Article by Kevin Callahan)

THE MAMMOTH, ATLATL, & CLOVIS POINT WEBPAGE (photos of how to use a spearthrower)

UPPER PALEOLITHIC CAVE ART

More UPPER PALEOLITHIC Rock Art Links

Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities

Online Update to the textbook HUMAN ANTIQUITY by Feder and White

Field Museum research in So. America on the Peopling of America

This Homo erectus from Java
has a sagittal keel.

Skulls Tutorial

For an OUTSTANDING WEBSITE by Tim Roufs, visit the U of M Duluth's
ANTH.1602 PREHISTORIC CULTURES

SOME FAVORITE PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY & ARCHAEOLOGY LINKS(there are also more below)

BRITTANICA ONLINE(look up definitions, concepts, ideas, people, etc.)

Merriam Webster WWWebster DICTIONARY

Some Internet E-mail Listserves:

Some Internet Newsgroups

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| Classical music | Scottish music | | Coolio music |
| Spice Girls | Goth/Industrial music | Minnesota music |
To download a MIDI player(Windows shareware)

Links to other sites on the Web

Know your Hominids!
Human Origins Links
Human Origins Resources
Human Origins Information
Know your TA ! (Kevin C. and Rock Art)

|This Month's Moon Phases |Tonight's Moon: |

Charles Darwin's THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES The whole book.
"Can the principle of selection, which we have seen is so potent in the hands of man, apply in nature?
I think we shall see that it can act most effectually. "
THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE(Online Book)

Darwin and other scientists important to evolution

Gregor Mendel's website

Info. about Chimps from The Jane Goodall Institute's Center For Primate Studies U of M, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

Jane Goodall in her own words

Click here to get weather satellite images for the entire Earth

REALAUDIO (and video) PROGRAMS Click here to download a free Real Player 4.0
If you have downloaded and installed a RealPlayer 4.0 (its freeware) on your computer:
Click below to listen to the following McNeil Lehrer Newshour, National Public Radio, and Minnesota Public Radio stories:
The Kennewick Man discovery and the controversy over Who Owns the Past
Rick Potts discusses the distinguished career of the late Mary Leakey
Physical Anthropologist Rick Potts discusses the overlap between 3 Hominid species including Neandertals and Homo sapiens
NPR's The Leakey Legacy(48 min.)
The Genetics of Complex Traits
How and Why New Species Form
Human Origins Update(1 hour 41 min.)
Origins of Language(51 minutes)
Genetics Update
You can listen to the above Human Origins programs while surfing the web and visiting other websites.

AND JUST FOR FUN (requires a RealPlayer 4.0):
Click here for the latest ABC NEWS
Minnesota Anthropologist Frances Densmore's story of "The Sun Dance"
An Early Wax Cylinder RecordingOne of Frances Densmore's early 20th century wax recordings of the Native American song "The Poor are Many"
If you are interested in seeing a demo of the video technology that we will be incorporating soon into the website (but on Human Origins subjects), click here to see the Spice Girls video "Wannabe" (4 minutes long) or Jewel "You were meant for me" Are you trendy? (The Times of London)
For other videos, news, C-span, Spike Lee movies, etc. click "View" in your RealPlayer. |Rolling Stone|

How to get to the Jeffers Petroglyphs & Pipestone National Monument
The Jeffers Petroglyphs Photo Album

Evolution and computers:
The TIERRA program (Application of the Mechanisms of Evolution to create Artificial Intelligence and new Virtual Lifeforms. Note: this is a very complex & time consuming program.
Create and control primordial artificial life on your computer
OTHER INTERESTING SOFTWARE

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CARPE NOCTEM {An Armchair Astronaut/Anthropological Thought Experiment}

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