AN101 Lecture Notes - Biological Anthropology, Enculturation, Sociocultural Anthropology
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Anthropology is not western focused focuses on other countries as well. Comparative because you become more aware of your own culture while studying others. Anthropology studies what it means to be human. Diachronically: over time (ie. we don"t live like our grandparents) studies how humans change over time. Synchronically: across space studies how human differ at the same time across the world. Archaeology: study the human past through the analysis of material remains. Biological anthropology: study of the biological evolution of humanity, primatology: the study of primates who are the closest living relatives of human beings, paleoanthropology: the study of fossilized bones of our early ancestors. Linguistic anthro: study of the relationship between language (more focus) and culture. Sociocultural anthro: focuses on learned behaviours & ideas that human beings acquire as members of society, ex. The way we treat the dead in north america we treat them with respect.
