Educational guide 2017_18 Faculty of Arts

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
I. L’evolució humana i la seva metodologia.	I.a. Teoria evolutiva i paleontologia humana. I.b. Metodologia i anàlisi evolutiu.
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.