Australopithecine Paleoecology

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Principles and techniques used in the reconstruction of paleoecology and paleoenvironments associated with the African australopithecines; including taphonomy, faunal evolution, climate forcing analysis, habitat preference and land-use patterns; detailed overview of the australopithecine fossil record from the Miocene to the Pleistocene. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.