Mendo College Physical Anthropology Course
Schedule
Mon, 18 Aug, 2025 at 09:00 am
UTC-07:00Location
Mendocino College Coast Center | Fort Bragg, CA
Fall 2025
Coast Center
🧬 Physical Anthropology: Human Origins, Evolution & Embodiment
Taught by Dr. Justine Lemos, PhD | Fall Semester | Mendocino College
Ever wonder where you really come from?
What connects us to Neanderthals, chimpanzees, and even mushrooms?
How evolution shaped your bones, your brain, and your breath?
Welcome to Physical Anthropology — a wild, mind-expanding journey through the story of the human body. This isn’t your average science class.
It’s evolution meets mythology, forensics meets sacred embodiment, and biology meets culture.
In this class, we’ll explore:
🦴 Fossil records & human ancestors (who came before us—and how do we know?)
🧠 Evolution of the brain, bipedalism, language, and symbolic thought
🔬 Genetics, heredity, and what DNA can (and can’t) tell us
🧘🏽♀️ Human biological variation: race, sex, identity & adaptation
⚰️ Ancient burial, ritual, and what bones reveal about life and death
🌍 How science, colonialism, and myth shape our view of human origins
Expect interactive labs, real bones, virtual fieldwork, and critical conversations about what it means to be human in a rapidly changing world.
Perfect for:
– Future healers, yogis, nurses, anthropologists, and seekers
– Anyone curious about evolution, identity, or their place in the universe
– Students who want a grounded science class with a mystical edge ✨
🗓 Fall 2025 | Open to all | No prereqs required
📍 Mendocino College | In-person
Let’s dig deep—literally and metaphorically.
This is your origin story. 🔱
W 9:00 AM - 11:50 AM
8/18/2025 - 12/12/2025
Mendocino College Coast Campus, 111 Lecture
Coast Center
1211 Del Mar Drive Fort
Bragg, California 95437
(707) 961-2200
Go into the campus for easier registration.
This is a UC transferable Science Credit Class.
