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Human and Environment WF-OB-CZIJS
Lectures (WYK) Summer semester 2023/24

Information on classes (common for all the groups)

Class hours: 30
Places limit: 40
Zaliczenie: examination
Bibliography:

Fejerskov O., Kidd E (red.), 2006, Próchnica zębów, Urban&Partner, Wrocław

Foley R., 2001, Zanim człowieka stał się człowiekiem, PIW, Warszawa.

Klein R., 1999, The Human Career. Human Biological and Cultural Origins, Chicago.

Lewin R., 2002, Wprowadzenie do ewolucji człowieka, Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa.

Mascie-Taylor C.G.N., Lasker G.W., 1991, Application of biological anthropology to human affairs, Cambridge.

Malinowski A., 1999, Wstęp do antropologii i ekologii człowieka, Wyd. Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź.

Mayr E., 2002, To jest biologia, Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa.

Ortner D.J., 2003, Identification of pathological conditions in human skeletal remains, London: Academic Press.

Stringer C., Mackie R., 1999, Afrykański Exodus, pochodzenie człowieka współczesnego, Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa.

Tomczyk J., Hałaczek B., 2008, U progów ludzkości, UKSW, Warszawa.

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Final written test, questions closed, single choice.

Table ratings

insufficient 0-50%

sufficient 51% -70%

good 71-85%

very good 86-100%

List of topics:

1) Contemporary human population and its environment. (2h)

2) Ecological rules. (2h)

3) Primates and their functioning in different environments. (2h)

4) The environment of functioning of the oldest hominid forms - Australopithecines. (2h)

5) Homo erectus and migration into new ecosystems. (2h)

6) Neanderthals during the glaciation period. (2h)

7) Neolithic Revolution - the social and cultural trends in the transformation of our species. (2h)

8) Cultural adaptation to the environment. (2h)

9) Environmental stress as a measure of quality of life.(2h)

10) Changes in body height as a measure of high socioeconomic status of population (2h)

11) Enamel hypoplasia as a manifestation of developmental disruption. (2h)

12) Dental caries and its interpretative value in assessing the quality of the environment. (2h)

13) Paleopathologies and their assessment in the light of environmental changes. (2h)

14) Civilization diseases. (2h)

15) Degradation of the environment and the future of our species. (2h)

Teaching methods:

Lectures will be conducted with multimedia presentations, maps, casts of fossil hominids.

Class groups

see this on class schedule

Group Timeframe(s) Lecturers Places Number of students in group / places limit Actions
1 every Wednesday, 8:00 - 9:30, room e-learning
Barbara Mnich 8/40 details
All lectures are taking place in this building:
(in Polish) e-learning
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