Comments on: Human evolution syllabus

By: Months of the Year: Neuroanthropology 2008 « Neuroanthropology

Months of the Year: Neuroanthropology 2008 « Neuroanthropology — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:20:00 +0000

[...] Greg followed that post up with a consideration of mechanism in Women on tests update: response to stress. He also gave us his excellent Human Evolution Syllabus. [...]

By: Testosterone and the seasonal regulation of sex-steroids « Neuroanthropology

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:44:30 +0000

[...] the seasons and there is no evidence to suggest that humans are in any sense seasonal breeders. If tropical Africa was the cradle of human evolution, as all the recent archaeological evidence suggests, there would [...]

By: Slides on brain evolution and diet « Neuroanthropology

Slides on brain evolution and diet « Neuroanthropology — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:21:41 +0000

[...] If you’re interested in the whole course I’m teaching, I have previously posted the unit syllabus: Human evolution syllabus. [...]

By: gregdowney

gregdowney — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:55:47 +0000

Good luck, RBH! And welcome back to the classroom. I had a semester off for a sabbatical, and it was still a bit of a shock coming back to it. The teaching can be enormously satisfying, but the roller-coaster of prepping slides til 2 am and then giving the two-lecture only to crash afterwards has gotten harder now that I’m past the big 4-0.

I’ve contemplated posting some of the slides, as well, when they’re directly relevant, but I’m also a bit worried as I sometimes get a bit sloppy with the sources of diagrams I’ve pulled from around the web when it’s late at night before the presentation (and when I found the graphic a few days before I figure out how I’m going to use it). I’ll see if I can find some compromise. In the meantime, I’m going to try to still post as frequently as I can, but it might be more of a weekend thing.

By: RBH

RBH — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:18:55 +0000

Thanks for this! I came via the Carnival of Evolution. I know about a new course kicking one's butt: This evening I taught the first three-hour session of a semester course on the history of the controversies surrounding evolution after nearly 20 years away from the classroom. I'd forgotten how much work (and how much fun!) it is to teach.

By: Irradiatus

Irradiatus — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:08:52 +0000

[...]For anyone who teaches evolution, Greg Downey at Neuroanthropology has posted his excellent and informative syllabus for his new course on Human Evolution and Diversity.[...]

By: Tangled Bank #112 « Science Notes

Tangled Bank #112 « Science Notes — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:07:13 +0000

[...] one from Neuroanthropology, where Greg Downey has posted a detailed “Human Evolution and Diversity” syllabus online, along with reflections on anthropology in relation to claims about race and [...]