APG 201 Lecture Notes - Linguistic Anthropology, Microevolution, Forensic Anthropology
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Anthropology- the study of humans (past, present and future) Four subfields of anthropology: cultural anthropology, study of human behavior, ethnographies. Participant observation: researcher both observes and participates in cultural traditions and daily life, archaeology, study of past cultures and life ways, material remains. Linguistic anthropology: study of human speech and language, identity, membership, power, relationships, biological/ physical anthropology, study of human biology within the framework of evolution. What do physical anthropologists study: paleoanthropology, study extinct members of human lineage, primatology, study of primates, osteology, study of bones, forensic anthropology, study of bones in a legal setting, many specialize in human variation and adaptability, genetics. Hominins: humans are hominins, bipedalism- ability to walk on two legs. Evolution: a change in the genetic makeup of a population from one generation to the next, microevolution vs. macroevolution. Definitions: hypothesis, provisional explanation/ observation, must be testable and falsifiable, theory, an explanation that has been substantially verified through the testing of hypotheses.
