ANTHROP 2E03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-6: Dian Fossey, Biocultural Anthropology, Theodosius Dobzhansky
4 Sep 2018
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Biological anthopologists: scientific study of humankind: anthropos = human, ology = study of. Hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s as p(cid:396)i(cid:373)ates, sha(cid:396)i(cid:374)g histo(cid:396)(cid:455) (cid:449)ith (cid:858)li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g g(cid:396)eat apes(cid:859: we are the products of millions of years of evolution by natural selection. Primates: member of mammalian order (humans, monkeys, apes, prosimians) are all defined by an anatomical and behavioural traits. Theodosius dobzhansky: nothing in bio makes sense except in the light of evolution: anthros today use central, unifying set of bio principles in their work. First set drawn by charles darwin 150 years ago: frequency of a trait and the genes that control it change from one generation to another (evolution) Spend careers trying to make sense of the evolutionary process. Evolutionary process is very slow, but overtime it can make anything into a variety of forms, completely different from the ancestors that they originated from. Evolution: a change in the frequency of a gene or trait in a pop over multiple generations.
