• Decent knowledge of English.
• The student should be aware of the basic concept of evolution of living forms.

Delivery: face to face

Learning activities:

• attending lectures
• preparation of oral/written report
• individual study
• Bibliography search

Attendance: Mandatory

Teaching methods:

• Lectures
• Seminar

• Introduction to the evolution and adaptation of primates.
• The body of primates.
• Where and how primates live: habitat, diet, locomotion, social life.
• Extant primates: from lemurs to apes.
• Primate origins: fossil prosimians, anthropoids and apes; early hominins.

Required Text:

1) Primate Adaptation and Evolution, J.G. Fleagle. 3rd Ed., Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 2013.

In addition to the chapters from the textbook, supplementary articles and chapters will be assigned depending upon the topic under discussion.

Texts from which readings will be taken:

1) The human strategy. An evolutionary perspective on human anatomy. Ed. John H. Langdon. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2005.

2) A photographic atlas for physical anthropology. Eds. PF Whitehead, WK Sacco, SB Hochgraf. Morton Publishing Company, Englewood, CO, 2005.

3) Introduction to the primates. Ed. DR Swindler. University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA, 1998.

3) Primate anatomy: an introduction, 3rd Ed. F. Ankel-Simons. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 2007.

• Your course grade will be based on a seminar (in English) to be made in class during the semester (which will count one third of the course grade) and a final oral exam. The final exam can be taken only if the seminar in class has been taken.
• - The student will be assessed on his/her demonstrated ability to discuss the main course contents using the appropriate terminology.
• - During the oral exam the student must be able to demonstrate his/her knowledge of the course material and be able to discuss the reading matter thoughtfully and with propriety of expression.