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Human Nature, Animal Nature How do humans differ from other animals? We use language, invent tools,
organize complex social systems, rear children in families, experience
spirituality, and behave morally. But we also wage war, develop addictions
and harm others. To what extent is human behavior a product of our genetic
evolution and to what extent is it a product of our social environment?
In this Honors FIG, you will learn about origins of human behavior through
the study of animal behavior. Psychology 211 asks whether we can find traces
of the origins of language, morality, complex cognition, and social organizations
in other species, and whether can we legitimately generalize between nonhuman
and human animals. In Anthropology 105, you will explore the basis of morphological,
physiological, and behavioral variations within human populations, and
in Zoology 101 you will gain insights into general biological principles
which will be useful background for the other two courses.
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