ANTH 235: The Great Apes

0 or 3 credits

Fall 2025 Lecture Lower Division
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Students will learn the behavior and conservation of our closest relatives and how early ape studies changed our understanding of what it meant to be human. Topics include gender in science, ethics of research and cross-cultural understandings.

Learning Outcomes

1Identify the geographic distribution as well as the anatomical and behavioral traits that characterize great ape species.

2Explain the major achievements of and challenges to great ape research in the wild and captivity.

3Demonstrate an understanding of why and how anthropologists use great apes to model human evolution.

4Describe the ethical issues of conducting research on our closest living relatives and conserving them in the wild.

Course ANTH 235 from Purdue University - West Lafayette.

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Stac...(Fall 2019)
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Stacy Lindshield

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2:30 pm
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Stacy Lindshield

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2:30 pm
Lec

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