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ANT 4371 - Capstone: Paleopathology (3) [CAP]

When Offered: On Demand
GEN ED: Capstone Experience
Paleopathology is an evolutionary and biocultural approach to health and disease in ancient human populations. This field of inquiry is increasingly recognized for contributing important insights on the origin and co-evolution of infectious diseases, fetal and developmental origins of disease, and basic research on human variation and adaptive evolution. This course covers the history of this discipline, ethical and theoretical frameworks, basic skeletal biology, patterns of human growth and developmental disturbances, disease mechanisms and processes, differential diagnosis, and evolved responses to physiological insult. This course emphasizes presentation and writing skills, in addition to practical, diagnostic and lab-based skills. Schedule type: Lecture/Lab Combo
Students who have previously received credit for ANT 4370  may not enroll in or receive credit for ANT 4371.
Prerequisites: senior standing and ANT 2215 , ANT 2221 , ANT 2230 , and ANT 3220 .