ANTH 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Group Dynamics, Franz Boas, Sickle-Cell Disease
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Natural selection: the mechanism (for change) of evolution (why) Need food, water, light to survive and reproduce. No foresight to evolution: no necessary destination. Traits differentiated in different species on different islands. Strong beaks were best able to survive drought conditions. Tow hbs= = lethal sickle cell anemia. One of each (heterozygous) = nonlethal sickle-cell syndrome. Humans change their environments, environments change humans. Malaria much more prevalent with creation of agriculture. Create cultural ideas to deal with it. Change (conditions we live in) to better survive and reproduce. Big broad shapes for spear very small sharp ones for bow & arrow. Material, cultural, and social relationship changes involved. Organize in groups and political groups to do tasks (hunt big game) Culture not an environment - no individual dynamic. Culture always a group response (social relationship society and conditions) Ex. different fashion trends all the time. One"s we are born into and need to adapt.
