• Reminder: Some of this week’s readings are hosted on MSU Google Drive. These are only accessible using your MSU Google Apps account. When you open the link, you’ll be prompted to select which google account you want to open them with – use your MSU Google Apps account (which requires your regular MSU Net ID and password). If you choose your non-MSU google account, you won’t be able to open the file. Do not request access to the files with your non-MSU Google account.

COURSE MATERIALS

• Lecture: 4.1. Primate as analogies for understanding human biology and behavior (19 min)
• Lecture: 4.2. Primate social organization (22 min)
• Link: 4.1. Catherine Brahic – Our True Dawn
• Link: 4.2. Wayman – What is War Good For? Ask a Chimpanzee.
• PDF: 4.1. Primate Classification and Phylogeny
• Film: 4.1. “The New Chimpanzee” (55 min)
• Video: 4.1. What Does It Mean to Be Human? (4 short videos (7 min total))

ASSESSMENTS

• 10-Question MC quiz on D2L (complete by 11:30 PM on Friday) – 60 minute time limit once you start the quiz
• Reflection Blog Post (due on Friday by 11:30PM): (500 words)
  • Prompt: Focus on the ways in which non-human primates provide information about human evolution. Did any of the information in the videos or links surprise you about non-human primates? If so, what? How do you think we can better understand our own biology, behavior, and culture by studying non-human primates?
• Reflection Blog Comments (due on Sunday by 11:30PM): (125 words each) Read 2 other students’ postings from this week’s reflection posts and leave a comment.