ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Biogeography, Mendelian Inheritance, Gregor Mendel

• School: UTSG
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT100Y1
• Professor: Shawn Lehman

Document Summary

Evolutionary anthropology is a discipline within biological anthropology and refers to the application of modern evolutionary theory to studies of the morphology, ecology, and behavior of human and non-human primates. Primatology: this is the scientific study of our closest extant biological relatives. Primatologists study a range of topics; from descriptions of primate anatomy to primate psychology. Colin chapman studies how deforestation has had an impact on primates in. Paleoanthropology: this is the multidisciplinary study of the biological evolution of humans and non-human primates. Paleoanthropologists not only uncover fossils but they also investigate the advent of and changes in human cultural activities like tool use. Human variation: humans come in all shapes, sizes, colors. Despite these variations, we belong to the same species; homo sapiens. Esteban parra uses genetic markers to answer logy and ior they ark ate the wer belong to the same species; homo sapiens.