| Educational guide Faculty of Arts |
english |
| Quaternary Archaeology and Human Evolution (2010) |
 Subjects |
| HUMAN EVOLUTION |
 
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| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2019_20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Subject (*) | HUMAN EVOLUTION | Code | 12645109 | |||||||||||||||
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||||||||||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | Exam timetables and dates | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Compulsory | Second | ||||||||||||||||
| Modality and teaching language | See working groups | |||||||||||||||||
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| Department | History and History of Art |
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| Coordinator |
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carlos.lorenzo@urv.cat |
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| Web | http://prehistoria.urv.net | |||||||||||||||||
| General description and relevant information | This subject is a general presentation of the human evolution and the human fossils which document this evolution. First, se introduce the order of Primates, which include a human, analyze the shared characteristics between primates and their current classification. Secondly, more specifically, we present the different species fossils who belong to our evolutionary family: hominids. We analyze the characteristics of hominids and how these have appeared throughout evolution. Ultimately, we explore the emergence and expansion of our species Homo sapiens; the only hominin species living today. | |||||||||||||||||
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| (*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation. | ||||||||||||||||||
