ANTHROP 1AA3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Epicanthic Fold, Fetus, Red Blood Cell
1 Mar 2018
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Chapter 6- human variation: evolution, adaptation, and adaptability. First half of the 19th century biological anthropology was the study of human variation: today we study human variation using the evolutionary approach. Human variation at the individual and group levels. Interested in variation at the population level: population variation is widespread and can be measured using genetics and morphology (characteristics of the body) What is a population: population-- used to describe a group or community of animals that is identifiable within a species, deme-- local, interbreeding population that is defined in terms of its genetic composition (ex. Historical perspectives on human variation: ethnobiology-- the study of how traditional cultures classify objects and organisms in the natural world. Recording human variation in past civilizations: argument that different races were discussed in the archaeological record, monogenism-- all people are the product of a single creation.
