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136-019 Evolution of Consciousness, Mind, and Language | |
Note | Formerly available as 136-297/397. Students who have completed 136-297/397 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. The subject is designed to complement Anthropology 136-014, Evolutionary Psychology and Cross-Cultural Explanations of Social Behaviour. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr Douglas Lewis |
Prerequisites | see Prerequisites |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | This subject will treat recent advances in anthropology, palaeontology, the neurosciences, psychology, and evolutionary biology which are producing new ideas about the origins of and relationships between the human brain, mind, language, behaviour, and culture. Specific topics to be treated will include recent studies of the evolution of language, and the relationships between the morphological, mental, and cultural evolution of Homo sapiens with reference to recent advances in the neurobiology of consciousness. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 4000 words. |
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