Sciences and Teaching of Natural Systems

Through a detailed examination of the fossil and archaeological record, combined with paleoenvironmental and paleogenetic data, the course provides the knowledge necessary to understand the dynamics of human evolution. The student will acquire the necessary skills in paleoanthropology for a critical evaluation of the information framework, as to independently take into consideration the available interpretative models. The student will acquire knowledge on the paleoanthropological record as a whole, as to understand the dynamics of human evolution in the paleoenvironmental context between Miocene and Pleistocene.