ANTHRO 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Amazon Rainforest, Nacirema, Social Darwinism
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Week 3 (oct. 12) anthropology, culture and fieldwork. Studying the yanomano of the amazon jungle. Developed a theory of natural selection where in. 1859 - on the origin of species . Spencer attributed social inequality to the survival of the fittest . For spencer, social inequality was the result of nature (biological evolution) Her also claimed that helping the poor would not serve and real purpose. Africans & native americans asians & mid east other european & northern europe. Monotheism: protestant christianity, catholicism, judaism, islan, zoroastrianism.
