Description

Type

Postgraduate
Location

Southampton

Start date

September

Introducing your degree
Palaeoanthropology is a pathway within the MSc degree, and it aims to give you a diverse and in-depth experience of the discipline’s key themes. There is a strong emphasis on the development of practical skills in the study of ancient material culture, in visiting some key Palaeolithic sites, and in reconstructing the environments and lifeways of our hominin ancestors. From seven million years ago, and Sahelanthropus tchadensis, to the molecular biology of Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans, and through to collections of beautiful American Palaeo-Indian Clovis points, this pathway master’s will prepare you for future research in human origins, or give you an in-depth understanding of our amazing evolutionary journey, depending on what you want out of your MSc.
You will acquire an expertise in looking at hominin material culture which will include a mixture of traditional techniques, as well as some of the ways of analysing artefacts that Southampton is pioneering. Students will also learn the latest theoretical issues in human evolution and engage with some of the most up to date arguments surrounding our ancient ancestors from staff actively shaping those debates. Students with an interest in general Prehistory will find many of the modules and topics available on the Palaeoanthropology Pathway of interest and relevance..
You will be based in the John Wymer Laboratory, which is CAHO’s (Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins) nerve centre. Here you will have daily access to our extensive teaching collections of replica and real stone tools, our hominin skull collection, and a large library of original and rare offprints and books focused on our most ancient ancestors and their world as well as on modern-day primates. The Wymer is a lively research and teaching space where you will be in the company of other MSc students, as well as our Ph.D researchers

Facilities

Southampton (Hampshire)

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University Road, SO17 1BJ

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

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Subjects

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Archaeology
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Course programme

Year 1

Please note that where a list of options has been given, this is an indicative list and we cannot guarantee to offer every option each year.

Your programme of study may include up to 30 credits drawn from level 6 (undergraduate year 3) modules that have not previously been studied.

Where students can demonstrate equivalent previous knowledge, compulsory modules may be substituted for equivalent credit value by agreement with the course coordinator.

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ARCH6064Credit[?]