ANT 3541 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Reo Fortune, Visual Anthropology, Gregory Bateson
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Biobehavioral anthropology - lecture 2 - ant 3541-0001. Carl jung introduced the idea of introversion and extraversion - it would be fascinating to see if there is a correlation of metabolic rate with these personalities. Early 1900s the new perspective of society totem and taboo by sigmund freud, most of the anthropology that went into this work has been disproven. Freud was strongly aware throughout history that we are preachers of ancient pedigree and have distant beginnings. Humans have a pre-history prior to our recorded history. The earliest writing that we have is from about 5,000 years ago, which signifies urbanized life, cities, and recorded history. Only a fraction of the time we have been on this planet have we begun recorded history . Our genes do not know that the stone age is over - we may be adapted to a world that no longer exists.
