ANT 4415 - Anthropological Perspectives on the Domestication of Plants and Animals

3 Credit Hour(s)

This course focuses on the consequential transition in the human past, specifically, that from hunting and gathering of wild plants and animal food resources to agriculture and pastoralism. The course will cover the emergence of cultivation, the adoption of plants foods, and the domestication of animals in key regions across the globe. The course will also discuss the most recent contributions from disciplines including archaeology, climatology, botany, zoology, genetics, and linguistics to these topics. Utilizing data and ideas from these various disciplines, the course will investigate the processes behind and the regional expressions of the development and spread of domestic plants and animals.