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### Fall, 2021

  [### Life Sciences 2: Evolutionary Human Physiology and Anatomy

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 **Semester:**   Fall 

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 **Year offered:**  2021 

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 **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/90542) 

 

 Why is the human body the way that it is? This course explores human anatomy and physiology from an integrated framework, combining functional, comparative, and evolutionary perspectives on how organisms work. Major topics, which follow a life-course framework, include... 

 

  



### Spring, 2021

  [### HEB 1210: Research in Comparative Biomechanics

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 **Semester:**   Spring 

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 **Year offered:**  2021 

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 **Link:** [Course Website](https://courses.harvard.edu/detail?q=id:d_colgsas_2017_2_127206_001&returnUrl=s…) 

 

 This class introduces students to experimental techniques used to investigate the structure and physiology of humans. Students undertake a supervised research project in the Skeletal Biology and Biomechanics Laboratory. Students meet to introduce their project, discuss their... 

 

   [### HEB 1420: Human Evolutionary Anatomy

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 **Semester:**   Spring 

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 **Year offered:**  2021 

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 **Link:** [Course Website](https://courses.harvard.edu/detail?q=id:d_colgsas_2017_2_116069_001&returnUrl=s…) 

 

 How did the human body evolve, and how does it develop, grow and function? This course provides an integrative regional overview of human anatomy, with an emphasis on the musculo-skeletal system, and a comparative approach to the evolution of modern anatomy. Additional... 

 

   [### Gen Ed 1027 Human Evolution and Human Health

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 **Semester:**   Spring 

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 **Year offered:**  2021 

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 **Link:** [Course Website](https://gened.fas.harvard.edu/classes/human-evolution-and-human-health) 

 

 How and why did humans evolve to be the way we are, and what are the implications of our evolved anatomy and physiology for human health in a post-industrial world? Why do we get sick, and how can we use principles of evolution to improve health and wellbeing? To address... 

 

  



### Spring, 2022

  [### GenEd 1027 Human Evolution & Human Health

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 **Semester:**   Spring 

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 **Year offered:**  2022 

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 **Link:** [Course Website](https://courses.my.harvard.edu/psp/courses/EMPLOYEE/EMPL/h/?tab=HU_CLASS_SEARCH…) 

 

 How and why did humans evolve to be the way we are, and what are the implications of our evolved anatomy and physiology for human health in a post-industrial world? Why do we get sick, and how can we use principles of evolution to improve health and wellbeing? To address... 

 

  



### Spring, 2026

  [### HEB 97: Sophomore Tutorial in Human Evolutionary Biology

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 **Semester:**   Spring 

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 **Year offered:**  2026 

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 **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/160969) 

 

 An introduction to the issues and methods of human evolutionary biology, focusing on evolutionary theory, the concept of adaptation, and their application to human evolution. Weekly readings and discussions, with biweekly writing assignments that integrate major course... 

 

   [### HEB 110: Research in Human Biomechanics and Physiology

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 **Semester:**   Spring 

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 **Year offered:**  2026 

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 **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/162121) 

 

 Introduces students to experimental techniques used to investigate the musculoskeletal structure and physiology of humans. Students undertake a supervised research project in the Skeletal Biology and Biomechanics Laboratory. Students meet to introduce their project, discuss...