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  1. What is Anthropology?
    1. Biology and Culture
    2. Variation
    3. Evolution
    4. Adaptation
    5. The Subfields of Anthropology
      1. Cultural Anthropology
      2. Archaeology
      3. Linguistic Anthropology
      4. Biological Anthropology


  2. Science and Evolution
    1. Characteristics of Science
      1. Facts
      2. Hypotheses
      3. Testability
      4. Theories
    2. The Development of Evolutionary Theory
      1. Pre-Darwinian Thought
      2. Uniformitarianism and Geological Time
      3. Charles Darwin and Natural Selection
      4. Examples of Natural Selection
      5. Modern Evolutionary Thought
    3. Evidence for Evolution
    4. Science and Religion
      1. Creation Science
      2. Intelligent Design
      3. Science and Society


  3. Summary


  4. Supplemental Readings


  5. Virtual Explorations

Special Topic: Biological Anthropologists at Work






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