ANT E101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Adam Kadmon, Bipedalism, Kukulkan
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We as anthropologist study a diverse section of people and time periods. Interested in the transition of ape-like primates to bipedal humans (walk on two feet) They look at all kinds of people in every culture, study exotic people. Also, study people in your own backyard. The systematic study of humankind in all times and places, both in the past and. So, anthropology is not just about the study of far away peoples and places. Here are some examples of what we might study. Logia = study of in the present. Human culture: learned behaviors and beliefs that shape our human experiences. Examples: religion, spirituality, identities (gender, race, ethnicity, nationalism), food preferences, etc. Anthropologists study differences and similarities in the culture around the world. We tend to think about many of our behaviour and identities as natural/biological but many are not. Our identities are not natural but socially. Nationalism- use terms like its in many blood to be an.
