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2020 / 2021Graduate Schools of Arts & SciencesCourses

The Evolutionary Biology of Human Sex Differences

CAS AN 558

Credits:
4
Undergraduate Prerequisites:
CAS AN 102; or (CASBI107 & CASBI119), or consent of instructor.

Are sex and gender instantiated in the body? This seminar explores evolutionary approaches to investigating sex differences in human behavior and physiology from phylogenetic, mechanistic, and developmental perspectives. Topics include gender expression, non-binary sex/gender, aggression, mate choice, cognition, and more.

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