ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Evolutionary Anthropology

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

Document Summary

It is the historical record of our culture and civilization. Holistic study of human, past and present that draws and builds upon knowledge from the social sciences, biological sciences, humanities, and the natural sciences. Note: test #1 (6. 10-8. 00pm) - 14th january, 2016. Essay: 1) proposal: preliminary essay, revised essay. Sign-up for tutorials (19, russell street - room ap302) - 21-25 september. Historical development, mechanisms, and outcomes of biological evolution. Diversity of life and the natural processes that produced this diversity. The primate fossil record, with a basic understanding of patterns and process that evolved in the hominid branch. How and to what extent we share evolutionary history with other organisms/species. The basic ecology, behaviour, and conservation biology of extant primates. How evolutionary anthropologists apply biological concepts in their research on human health, disease, and forensics. Culture - a shared way of acting and thinking; different people have different cultures. Language - what language does to society and culture.