ANT101H5 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Cell Nucleus, Dentition, Anthropocentrism
31 Jan 2017
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We are better prepared to face the future because, unlike our ancestors, we have knowledge of how and why old societies failed/succeeded. The better we understand our biological past, the better we will understand many modern health issues. A change in the genetic structure of a population from one generation to the next. The field of inquiry that studies human culture and evolutionary aspects of human biology; includes cultural anthropology, archeology, linguistics, and physical anthropology. Genetics, anatomy, skeletal structure, adaptation to disease, and other environmental factors. An approach to research whereby a problem is identified, a hypothesis (or hypothetical explanation) is stated, and that hypothesis is tested through the collection and analysis of data. The mutual, interactive evolution of human biology and culture; the concept that biology makes culture possible and that developing culture further influences the direction of biological evolution; a basic concept in understanding the unique components of human evolution. Humans are combined effort of biology and culture.
