ANTH 1031 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Jane Goodall, Development Anthropology, Paleoanthropology

• School: Memorial University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1031
• Professor: jarostarcul

Document Summary

Anthropology: the study of humanity from a broad biological and cultural perspective. Four sub elds: biological/physical, anthropological linguistics, social/cultural, archaeology. A fth sub eld, applied anthropology, uses anthropological methods to solve real world issues: biological/physical anthropology. Jane goodall, a primatologist, observed toolmaking among chimps in the 1960s. The study of human variation looks at physical differences among human populations (particularly hereditary and genetic factors) Most biological anthropologists works as teachers, researchers, writers, and curators in museums and universities: archaeology. Investigates the human past through excavating and analyzing human remains. Prehistoric archaeology analyzes cultures that existed before writing was developed. Prehistoric archaeologists have learned that agriculture developed 10,000 years ago and civilization (living in cities) about 5000 years ago. Historic archaeology investigates societies in which at least some people could read and write by excavating remains of structures to supplement historic documents. Historic archaeologists have discovered that cannibalism occurred in jamestown,