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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Paleoanthropology - history. Geological time. Paleoclimate. 2. Dating. Phylogenetic systematics. 3. Human evolution in a comparative framework. Characteristics of hominins. 4. The earliest hominines (Sahelantropus, Orrorin, Ardipithecus). 5. Gracile australopithecines. 6. Robust Australopithecus. 7. Homo habilis and H. rudolfensis. A problem for phylogeny. The first toolmakers. 8. Early African H. erectus (H. ergaster). Acheulean technology. 9. Asian H. erectus, H. floresiensis. 10. Hominines of the Middle Pleistocene (H. heidelbergensis, H. antecessor). 11. Neanderthals and the Mouster industry. 12. Origin of anatomically modern people. Young Paleolithic.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Practicum
- Contact hours
- 65 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 51 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to understand a professional lecture |
| to describe the functioning of the human body through the functions and interconnections of individual body systems |
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| to understand a professional lecture |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe human evolution in the context of evolutionary mechanisms |
| to compare and critically evaluate the difference between historical overview and current views on the evolution of man and the place of H. sapiens in the evolution of primates |
| to identify and characterize ecological, behavioral, cultural and social factors in human evolution |
| to describe and characterize a historical overview of human evolution |
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| to distinguish and classify human fossil finds into the Pliocene and Pleistocene periods |
| to recognize relevant current literature |
| to critically reflect and evaluate professional literature in the field of paleoanthropology |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Self-study of literature |
| Textual studies |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Skills |
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| One-to-One tutorial |
| Self-study of literature |
| Practicum |
| Group discussion |
| Textual studies |
| Competences |
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| Practicum |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Textual studies |
| Self-study of literature |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Written exam |
| Test |
| Skills |
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| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Competences |
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| Written exam |
| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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Recommended literature
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Cartmill, Matt; Smith, Fred H. The human lineage. Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2009. ISBN 978-0-471-21491-5.
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Conroy, Glenn C. Reconstructing human origins : a modern synthesis. 1st ed. New York : Norton, 1997. ISBN 0-393-97042-6.
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k dispozici na katedře. Atlas of human evolution.
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Stringer, Chris; Andrews, Peter. The complete world of human evolution. London : Thames and Hudson, 2005. ISBN 978-0-500-05132-0.
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Wheeler, Q. D. and Meier, R. (Eds.). Species Concepts and Phylogenetic Theory: a Debate.. New York, Columbia University Press, 2000.
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