ANTHROP 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ultraviolet, Macroevolution, Karyotype
7 Apr 2016
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Anthropology notes: cultural anthropology, archeology, linguistic anthropology, physical/ biological anthropology. Compare cultures objectively without making value judgements. Look at culture in its own context. Views humans as biological and cultural beings holistic and comparative approach. Study of the culture of present day societies. Culture: learned behavior that is transmitted from person to person. Ethnography: collection of qualitative data about beliefs, values, and social behaviors, often total immersion within a culture. Why societies are the way they are. Linguistic anthropology- study of the construction and use of language. Jewish, german, physicist, who is the father of anthropology. Paleoanthropology- study of fossil record of non-human primates and humans. Human biology- the study of growth and development, adaptation to environment, and human genetics. Macroscopic- form and function of the human skeleton. Microscopic- study of bone structure, growth, pathology, and strength. Forensic anthropology- help identify features and identities of skeletons. Bioarchaeology- determines the features of skeletons found in archeological excavations.
