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Course Overview

How did Homo Sapiens evolve to create culture, language, technology and advanced societies? Using food and diet as an organizing principle this survey lecture covers 8 million years of evolution from forest dwelling primates in Central Africa to the globe spanning Homo Sapiens. Using a food revolutions model from upright primates, to the use of fire, tools and hunting, to becoming omnivorous, to self-domestication, to domestication of animals and plants, to civilization, to globalization, to industrialization and finally to our current epoch, an explanatory through line sheds light on how we've become what we are.
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Type
In-Person
Days
F
Time
1:00PM to 3:00PM
Dates
Apr 25, 2025
Schedule
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Contact Hours
2.0
Location
Delivery Options
In-person  
Course Fee(s)
fee non-credit $25.00 Click here to get more information
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Drop Request Deadline
Apr 22, 2025
Transfer Request Deadline
Apr 22, 2025
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Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test is no longer required for entry. Masks are recommended.

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This class is eligible for UNM Tuition Remission under Personal Enrichment.

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