ANT100Y1 Study Guide - Prepared-Core Technique, Taphonomy, Zygosity
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3 concepts to understand: what is the historical development of biological science, what is the diversity of life; particularly that life associated with our evolutionary lineage, what natural processes produce this diversity. Evolution is more than just about life, it is about geology - the pattern of land formation and destruction; it"s about climate. Evolutionary anthropology trying to place human evolution, human behavior, human ecology within the framework constructed by evolutionary biology. Everything that is done in evol anthro can be grouped inro 5 research disciplines 1. Primatology the scientific study of our closest relatives; ie chimpanzees, leamers. Study their behavior, what they eat and why; where they are etc. Primates aren"t like us; we are primates; we have only minor genetic diff from monkeys. Paleanthro is the study of us from the historical, fossal basis. Fossil - organic material that has been turned into stone.
