ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Canadian Identity, Stephen Jay Gould, Liminality
29 Mar 2015
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Physical anthropology th 2014: studies all aspects of the biology and behaviour of the human species (and our closest relatives), past and present, ex. Jane goodall is a physical anthropologist (primatologist: studied chimp behaviour in gombe park, tanzania. Forensic anthropology (is a type of physical: anthropology and the law, accidental death, crime scene, human rights investigation. Interested in bone material, teeth (can tell cod, age, race, gender etc. : ex. Some forensic anthropologists work in mass graves- eg. mass grave in peru: typically done through mass execution. Paleoanthropology: studies human evolution, study of the human fossil record, when and where do we see the first evidence for humans, what are human characteristics, anthropologists that study human evolution are paleoanthropologists. Other examples of physical anthropologists: spencer wells: human geographic project, funded by ibm and national geographic. Business: worked for ibm, apple, coca cola etc, penny van esterik- applied anthropologist (medical.
