Syllabus

Course Code: B-ANTH-202    Course Name: Palaeoanthropology

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 1. Phylogentic status, Characteristics and geographical distribution of the following.
a) Plio - Pleistocene hominids in south and East Africa_ Australopithecines.
b) Homo erectus: Africa (Paranthropus), Europe (Homo erectus heidelber-gensis), Asia (Homo erectus javanicus, Homo erectus pekinensis).
c) Neanderthal Man:La- Chapelle- Aux Saints (Classical type), Mt. Carmel(Progressive type).
d) Rhodesian man
2 1. Homo sapiens: During Upper Pleistocene CroMagnon, Grimaldi and Chancelede.
2. Homonization: A process of Evolutionary Transformation, The Influence ofarboreal life, The return to the terrestrial life, The Earliest Evidence, FromHerbivore to Omnivore, Brain and Nervous System
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