Out of the Whirlwind: Archaeology, Human Origins, and Computational Methods
ANTHRO 2021
Subject & Catalog Number
Jointly Offered with:
Faculty of Arts & Sciences as HEB 196
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Description
The story of human origins has radically transformed in the last decade thanks to the integration of diverse data sources in Earth science, climatology, chemistry, genetics, and proteomics. In this course we will review key developments in archaeology and human evolution while introducing statistical and modeling techniques to understand data. Students will work on laboratory exercises that will teach aspects of climate and Earth sciences, probability and Bayesian inference, and forward and inverse modeling. The course will conclude with student projects supported by the course. No prior coding experience is necessary.
School
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits
4
Cross Reg
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
Department
Anthropology
Course Component
Seminar
General Education
N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data
N/A
Divisional Distribution
Science & Engineering & Applied Science
Course Level
Primarily for Undergraduate Students
