ANTHRO 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Socioeconomic Status, The Butler, Paleontology
14 Sep 2016
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Biological anthropology focuses on how humans are a product of their evolutionary history and how individuals are a product of their life history. Long series of biological history: anatomy, morphology, intelligence, behavior, culture. Biological factors are passed on through generations via dna. History of the earth: earth ~ 4. 5 bya, life on earth ~ 3. 5 bya, first primates ~ 55 mya, hominids ~ 20 mya. Orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, humans: hominins ~ 7-6 mya. Anatomical classification: hylobatids lesser apes, pongids greater apes, hominids humans. Genetic classification: hominids greatest category, pongine, gorilline, hominine sub categories level 1, panin, hominin sub category to hominine. Our focus 60 mya to present. Any two living species on earth come from the same species of bacterium around roughly 3. 5 bya. Life history is a series of changes undergone by an individual during their lifetime. Short series of biological history: morphology, intelligence, behavior, culture. Focus on environmental factors: geography, climate, diet, activity levels, socioeconomic status, culture.
