Teaching objectives
To provide students with theoretical and empirical knowledge on the evolution of growth, reproduction and survival in humans.
To understand how human societies have incorporated genetic, biological and behavioural traits into the construction of their social organizations.
Teaching outline
- Population biology and Life-history theory – Diversity of the life-cycles, main concepts in ecology and population biology; measures and models in population dynamics and evolution.
- Human life-history and demography – Humans amongst mammals and primates; human demographic history.
- Infancy and childhood – Biological, behavioral and cultural determinants of mortality and growth; early life effects.
- Adult reproductive life – Adolescence, mating choices, marriage practices; males and females fertility and fecundity; evolution of menopause and andropause.
- Old ages and senescence – Aging in modern population; ecology, genetic and biology of aging; evolutionary theory of senescence; allelic spectrum of old age diseases in humans.
Prerequisites
Students must have a master 1 in biology, ecology or demography, or an equivalent
medical degree
scientific head
Samuel Pavard, Maître de conférences MNHN - UMR 7206 - Biodémographie humaine
key words
Anthropology, demography, biology, génétic, écology
Organisation
Date : 20th-24th November 2023
Number of hours : 30
Delivery type :
Classroom, teaching resources might be available on the MNHN distance-learning platform.
Course given in English.
Location : Musée de l'Homme
Tarifs
Individual : 300 €
Public sector: 600 €
Private sector : 1200€
Students : free
MNHN employees : free
Contact et inscription
For registration, send an E-mail to Samuel Pavard
