AR103 Lecture Notes - Biological Anthropology, Morphos, Paralanguage
14 Mar 2014
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Paralanguage (sounds uhhh meaning i"m thinking)- implied thought. Anthropology comes from the root words anthropos humans and logos study of. Anthropology, the study of human kind, seeks to produce generalizations of people and their behaviour. De ning anthropology through its goals and the practice. Morphology - morphos manipulation of structure, shape, form is the study of habitat, environment, behaviour; mates, predators, food, shelter, of biological populations. Information needed to know about human population like in the way we know about animal populations: Non-codi ed laws (not written down) (norms: morals, customs, traditions) Biological controlled behaviour / instincts (i. e. ight/plight response) Physiology - study of the processes of form/ function. Practice: studies interaction human biology, human behaviour, human ! environment. Ar103 - week 1 - sep . 14, 2011. Paleoanthropology ( paleo means ancient fossils / bones) Primatologists (study the stages of human evolution / primates in particular [chimps, apes, gorillas]) Geneticists/biochemists study genes and changes of populations.
