Human Evolution: An Overview
Course, Bachelor's level, 1BG046
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Autumn 2026 Autumn 2026, Flexible, 33%, Distance learning, English
- Location
- Flexible
- Pace of study
- 33%
- Teaching form
- Distance learning
- Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
- 0
- Number of optional on-campus meetings
- 0
- Instructional time
- Evening
- Study period
- 31 August 2026–17 January 2027
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
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General entry requirements
- Selection
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Final school grades (66%) - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (34%)
- Fees
- If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 30,000
- Total tuition fee: SEK 30,000
- Application deadline
- 15 April 2026
- Application code
- UU-17416
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 3 August 2026–30 August 2026
- Information on registration from the department
Autumn 2026 Autumn 2026, Flexible, 33%, Distance learning, English For exchange students
- Location
- Flexible
- Pace of study
- 33%
- Teaching form
- Distance learning
- Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
- 0
- Number of optional on-campus meetings
- 0
- Instructional time
- Evening
- Study period
- 31 August 2026–17 January 2027
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
General entry requirements
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 3 August 2026–30 August 2026
- Information on registration from the department
About the course
The course provides a basic knowledge of human evolution and prehistory. We will study the latest findings from genetic research on human evolution, how the genome works in humans, and how genomic variation is investigated and analysed. We will also focus on man's closest relatives, such as Neanderthals and archaic groups from the Homo genus, partly from a fossil and archaeological perspective, and partly from a genetic perspective. We will discuss questions about when and where modern man originated. What genes have changed during human evolution?
Lectures will be given in English but in the discussions, you can speak Swedish or English.
Outline for distance course: Teaching takes place through Zoom meetings and lectures, email and in the learning management system Studium. Mandatory Zoom-meetings will tentatively be held 17:30-20:00 on Thursday evenings with two exceptions (mandatory meetings on Thursday: 3 September, 10 September, 24 September, 8 October, 22 October, 5 November, 19 November, 3 December, 10 December 2026, as well as on 14 January 2027. In addition, mandatory meetings will be held on Tuesday 12 January, and Wednesday 13 January 2027).