ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Osteology, Natural Selection, Human Behavior
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Combining bio with culture, relates it to human, dif. perspectives of the human experience, human anatomy and biology and how it evolved through diferent culture adaptations, culture is the. Central theme, way in which we view the world. Combination of culture and bio, that sets anthro apart. The study of the human experience from multiple perspectives (lewis et al. , 2013) The biocultural approach combination of culture and biology, central paradime of biology is culture. central paradime of archeology and biocultural is culture. Culture: human behavior that is learned and shared by members of a society-passed between peers, and through generations, not biologically inherited- culture can change; this is separate from bio, because it is not inherited. We adapt through cultural means, using technology etc. Evolutionary perspective: adaption to an environment- bio plays an important part of the survival through our species, through evolution.
