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Medical Aspects of Human Evolution

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Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 22 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 22 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OXF-HEV-h-T
  • 2 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Optional modul
  • spring
Prerequisites:

-

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 20

Topic

The course shows the evolutionary aspects of the human anatomy and thinking. The students will learn about evolutionary aspects of the human walk, the development of the human senses, hand and mind. Furthermore, we going see the development of the human social network and culture embedded in human evolution.

Lectures

  • 1. Introduction. The history of human evolutionary research. - Márk László
  • 2. Introduction. The history of human evolutionary research. - Márk László
  • 3. Evolution of primates and hominidae (Prosimii alrend, Dryopithecus, Ramapithecus, Australopithecusok, Kenyathropus etc.) - Márk László
  • 4. Evolution of primates and hominidae (Prosimii alrend, Dryopithecus, Ramapithecus, Australopithecusok, Kenyathropus etc.) - Márk László
  • 5. Evolution and properties of Rudapithecus hungaricus. - Márk László
  • 6. Evolution and properties of Rudapithecus hungaricus. - Márk László
  • 7. Evolution of the Homo genus. - Márk László
  • 8. Evolution of the Homo genus. - Márk László
  • 9. Archaic Homo sapiens and H. neandertalensis. - Márk László
  • 10. Archaic Homo sapiens and H. neandertalensis. - Márk László
  • 11. Bipedalism. The evolution of human walk. - Márk László
  • 12. Bipedalism. The evolution of human walk. - Márk László
  • 13. Homo habilis. Evolution of human hand. - Márk László
  • 14. Homo habilis. Evolution of human hand. - Márk László
  • 15. Evolution of human senses. - Márk László
  • 16. Evolution of human senses. - Márk László
  • 17. Evolution of the human mind. - Márk László
  • 18. Evolution of the human mind. - Márk László
  • 19. Evolutionary aspects of the social network and the human culture. - Márk László
  • 20. Effects of neolitization and urbanization to the human development. - Márk László
  • 21. Anatomy and modern civilization. - Márk László
  • 22. Anatomy and modern civilization. - Márk László

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Lecture slides.

Notes

Recommended literature

Kordos L.: New Results of Hominoid Research in the Carpathian Basin, Acta Biologica Szegediensis, 2000 44: 71-74.

Martin RD.: Primate Origins and Evolution, Chapman and Hall, London 1990

Smith FH. & Spencer F. (eds.): The Origin of Modern Humans, Alan R. Liss, New York 1984

Szathmáry L.: Humans and Climate Pulsation, Anthrop. Közl., 2002 43: 9-19.

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

-

Mid-term exams

Not possible.

Making up for missed classes

Not possible.

Exam topics/questions

The history of human evolutionary research.

Evolution of primates and hominidae (Prosimii alrend, Dryopithecus, Ramapithecus, Australopithecusok, Kenyathropus etc.)

Evolution and properties of Rudapithecus hungaricus.

Evolution of the Homo genus.

Archaic Homo sapiens and H. neandertalensis.

Bipedalism. The evolution of human walk.

"Homo habilis". Evolution of human hand.

Evolution of human senses.

Evolution of the human mind.

Evolutionary aspects of the social network and the human culture.

Effects of neolitization and urbanization to the human development.

Anatomy and modern civilization.

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

Rólunk