ANTH 1150 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Medical Anthropology, Primatology, Anthro (Comics)

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1150
• Professor: Tad Mc Ilwraith

Document Summary

Araeology: significant sub-field in anthropology, study of past human behavior, goal is to understand the adaptive patterns and environmental adjustments of past societies, investigation is conducted in a rigorous scientific procedure. Method system digging, determine absolute dates of objects: learned from the remains, things left behind after human activity, how people lived in the past, how they adapted to different environments. Biological/physical anthropology: interested in the relationship between biology and culture, human variations such as genetics. Primatology, study non human primates (chimpanzees, gorillas) medical anthropology, why one group is susecptable to a certain disease while others aren"t: methods- archaeology, dna analysis. Linguistic anthropology: study of the human language, interested in how language is used by individuals in social settings, have recorders to study speech patterns. Applied anthropology: central concern is applying anthropological knowledge to the understanding and possible solution of various human problems.