本課程講述智人起源的經過與若干人科與人屬的前驅物種的演化過程。智人有甚麼本領從普通的靈長類動物一躍而成為食物鏈的頂端並迅速成為地球霸主?本課程會分析農業發展的經過與其福禍相倚的原因，並闡述影響人類大歷史格局的地理與生物地理因素。本課程亦會講述從失落的文明、部落社會與南島語族的事蹟裡可以得到的啟發。
This course aims at explaining the emergence of Homo sapiens sapiens and describing the evolution of precursor hominids and Homo species. What characteristics had endowed Homo sapiens sapiens to reach the top of the food chain and become the master of the planet? This course will describe the development of agriculture and both the weal and woe of this human activity. The geographical and biogeographical factors affecting the broad pattern of human history will be explained. This course will also tell the lessons learnt from lost civilization and tribal societies, and will mention the inspiring stories of the Austronesians.
先修科目Prerequisites
教學方式Teaching Methods
講課
Lecturing
小組討論、腦力激盪(如案例討論、電影欣賞等)
Group discussion, Brain storming, e.g., Case study, Event discussion, Movie review
學生上台報告、角色演練
Oral presentation, Role playing
評量方式Assessment
期中報告
Midterm report
期末報告
Final report
小組上台報告
Group oral report
課堂參與與表現
Class involvement
期中書面報告，期末學生上台報告，期中期末報告佔90%，課堂表現(發問及回答問題)佔10%
參考書目Reference
1. Ian Tattersall. 2012 Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins. St Martins Press
2. Charles Lockwood. 2007. The Human Story: Where we came from and how we evolved. Natural History Museum Press, London
3. Jared Diamond. 1992. The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal. Hutchinson Radius Co Ltd.
4. Jared Diamond. 1999. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. W.W. Norton and Company Inc.
5. Yuval Noah Harari. 2012. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. Commonwealth Publishing Co Ltd
6. Jared Diamond. (2006) Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. Viking Press.
7. Jared Diamond (2014), The World until Yesterday: what can we learn from Traditional Societies. Viking Press.
參考紀錄片：
1. Becoming Human Episodes 1,2,3.(Science and Technology 4U documentaries)
2. The Incredible Human Journey (5 Episodes; BBC documentary series)
3. First People (5 Episodes; PBS Nova documentary series)
教學進度Course Schedule
2022/09/16 引言 - 智人: 大器晚成之“黑猩猩”
Introduction - Homo sapiens sapiens: the late-blooming “chimpanzees”
梁育民(Leung, Yuk-Man) 2022/09/23 化石在述說古老的故事 (I): 圖邁、阿爾迪、露西、圖爾卡納
少年與尼安德塔人
Fossils are telling old stories (I): Toumai, Ardi,Lucy, Turkana boy and Neanderthals
梁育民(Leung, Yuk-Man) 2022/09/30 化石在述說古老的故事 (II): 雙足直立行走、腦容量與牙齒
的變化
Fossils are telling old stories (II): Bipedalism,Brain size and Dental Changes
梁育民(Leung, Yuk-Man) 2022/10/07 智人的出現與“出走”非洲 ( I )
Appearance of Homo sapiens sapiens and Out of Africa ( I )
梁育民(Leung, Yuk-Man) 2022/10/14 認知的大躍進: 符號思維、語言與藝術
Cognitive Leap: Symbolic thinking, Language and Art
梁育民(Leung, Yuk-Man) 2022/10/21 膚色的演化、天擇與性擇、隱性排卵等諸問題
Issues such as Skin color evolution, Natural versus Sexual Selection and Cryptic ovulation
梁育民(Leung, Yuk-Man) 2022/10/28 從狩獵-採集到農業: 馴服動植物的漫長實驗
From hunting-gathering to farming: Long experiments of Taming Animals and Plants
梁育民(Leung, Yuk-Man) 2022/11/04 農業: 福兮? 禍兮?
Agriculture: Weal or Woe?
梁育民(Leung, Yuk-Man) 2022/11/11 期中考
Mid-term Exam
梁育民(Leung, Yuk-Man) 2022/11/18 影響人類歷史大格局的地理與生物地理因素
Geographical and biogeographial factors affecting Broad patterns of Human History
梁育民(Leung, Yuk-Man) 2022/11/25 從失落文明吸取之教訓 : 阿納薩茲、復活節島與馬雅文化
Lessons from Lost Civilizations : Anasazi, Easter Island and Maya
梁育民(Leung, Yuk-Man) 2022/12/02 印歐語系的起源之謎
Indo-European origin
梁育民(Leung, Yuk-Man) 2022/12/09 從部落社會能學到甚麼?
Can we learn something from Tribal Societies?
梁育民(Leung, Yuk-Man) 2022/12/16 動盪與重建
upheaval and reconstruction
梁育民(Leung, Yuk-Man) 2022/12/23 人類學紀錄片欣賞
Anthropology documentary
梁育民(Leung, Yuk-Man) 2022/12/30 人類學紀錄片欣賞
Anthropology documentary
梁育民(Leung, Yuk-Man) 2023/01/06 學生報告
Oral presentation
梁育民(Leung, Yuk-Man) 2023/01/13 學生報告
Oral presentation
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