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(in Polish) Paleoanthropology

General data

Course ID:	2800-DTPALEO
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.4 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0222) History and archaeology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	(unknown)
Name in Polish:	Paleoanthropology
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Archeology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Translatoria dla studiów dziennych
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	2.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	(unknown)
Type of course:	translation courses
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	(in Polish) This class will provide an insight into the human evolution, with the special attention towards the last two million years. The lecture will try to comprise the evolutionary and biological approach along with the archaeological and socio-cultural one. The main stress will be put on the presentation of the actual fossil records for human evolution and the sites they were discovered at. The goal will be achieved by the use of visual presentations and required readings assigned for each class.
Full description:	(in Polish) Syllabus: 1. Course description, palaeoanthropology: definitions and methods - also: students choose paper topics according to the provided list or their own interest and preference 2. Evolution: definitions, applications, examples 3. Timetable, climate and changes 4. Primates: in the past and now 5. First human like creatures: Sahelanthropus and others 6. Australopithecs 7. First humans: H. habilis and H. rudolphensis 8. Real human: H. ergaster/erectus 9. Towards the modern human: H. antecessor, H. heidelbergensis 10. Brothers or cousins: Neanderthals 11. Just like ourselves: H. sapiens 12. Papers Session – student presentations
Bibliography:	(in Polish) Basic literature: Johanson D., E. Blake, D. Brill, 2006, From Lucy to Language, Simon & Schuster Jones S., R.D. Martin, D.R. Pilbeam, 1994, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution, Cambridge University Press Detailed literature for each topic, as well as for student presentations, will be discussed in class

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span:	2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU W TH TRAN FR
Type of class:	Translation class, 30 hours, 10 places more information
Coordinators:	Wiesław Więckowski
Group instructors:	Wiesław Więckowski
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Grading

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