ANTB14H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Medical Anthropology, Primatology, Scientific Theory
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Evolution - a change in gene frequency (percentage of gene in pop) within the pop from one generation to another. Hollistic or comprehensive study of - study of man-kind. Study - evolutionary processes as they pertain to human origins and biological and biosocial variation. Conduct research in field - surveys for fossil, excavating cave sites, observing primate behaviour, labs (extract dna, measure samples from primates. 5 research disciplines in evolutionary anthro: primatology. Research topics range from descriptions of primate anatomy through field studies of wild animals to investigations of primate psychology. Primatologists at forefront of research efforts to conserve primates in vanishing tropical ecosystems: paleoanthropology. And sexual selection, primate diseases, primate ecology (foraging strategies) Biological evolution of humans and non-human primates. Advent of and changes in human cultural activities. Evolutionary history of behaviour in human and non-human primates (social and locomotive behaviour) In realm of archaeology: human variation (human bio) Spatial and temporal variations in human features (and genetic variation)
