Master of Archaeological and Evolutionary Science - Human Evolution

The Australian National University

This is a Biological Anthropology specialisation which focuses on the study of the fossil record over the past 7-8 million years in the context of palaeoanthropology and primate/human evolutionary biology. Students will gain skills, knowledge and training in understanding the behaviour of our extinct hominin relatives through examining skeletal and dental morphology of extinct hominins and extant primates based on fossil evidence. This specialisation also focuses on studying the context in which hominins and non-human primates evolved. Students are offered a broad grounding in the theory and techniques needed to pursue original research and/or gain relevant professional skills in areas of palaeoanthropology, primate evolutionary biology and human evolution.Learning Outcomesunderstand the origins of, and the fossil evidence for, our extinct hominin ancestors over the last 7-8 million yearsunderstand the theories, methods and practice of palaeoanthropologydevelop a critical perspective about the limitations of the fossil record in reconstructing behaviour andundertake a research project in palaeoanthropology.

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