Educational guide 2018_19 Faculty of Arts

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
I. Human evolution and methods	I.a. Human paleontology and evolutionary theory. I.b. Methodology and evolutionary analysis.
II. Primates.	II.a. Current Primates: classification and characteristics. II.b. Primate evolution: the fossil record of primates. II.c. The superfamily of hominoids and their evolution.
III. The first hominids.	III.a. The first representatives of the hominid family. III.b. Australopithecus and Paranthropus. III.c. Other non-human hominids.
IV. The genus Homo.	IV.a. The origin of Homo and technology. IV.b. The peopling of Asia. IV.c. Settlement and development in Europe: the sites from the Sierra de Atapuerca. IV.d. Neandertals. IV.e. The origin and evolution of Homo sapiens.