ANTH 1010H Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Human Science, Ethnology, Hand Axe
3 Sep 2013
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The study of differences and similarities, both biological and cultural, in human populations. Anthropology is concerned with typical biological and cultural characteristics of human populations in all periods and in all parts of the world. A member of the mammalian order; primates, divided into the two suborders of prosimians and anthropoids. People who study primates all living people belong to one biological species, homo sapiens, which means that all human populations on earth can successfully interbreed. The first homo sapiens may have emerged by 200,000 years ago. The genus homo was originally classified and distinguished from other hominins by the presence of culture in the form of manufactured tools. The set of learned behaviours, beliefs, attitudes, values, and ideals that are characteristic of a particular society or population. The study of how and why recent cultures differ and are similar.
