ANT339H1

Evolutionary Medicine and Health: What does Anthropology have to do with it?

This course explores evolutionary origins (human/primate, bacterial, and mammalian trajectories) and mechanisms of health and disease, with practical application for public/global health. It draws on perspectives from evolutionary anthropology, biocultural anthropology, psychiatry, epidemiology, and human biology to understand health differences between human groups. Primary topics covered in the course include diet, metabolic health, metabolic disorders, mental health and mental disorders, racism, ageing, human growth/development, cancer, and infectious disease.