ANTH 1120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-6: Theistic Evolution, Sociocultural Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1120
• Professor: Victor Gulewitsch

Document Summary

Simanthropus perkinesis: the peking man" a species discovered by canadian. David black, based on the analysis of just 3 teeth. Sociocultural anthropology: aka cultural anthropology: studies the cultures of people, includes doing eldwork with people, living with people for long periods of time. Physical anthropology/ biological anthropology: looks at bones, teeth, and sometimes the rest of the body. Linguistic anthropology: explores language and their relationship to culture, and how even fragments of language can be used as important sources of historical information. Archaeology: dig" into the past: a trowel a small triangular shovel that is the archaeologist"s main tool, can give a fresh perspective on people who did not write. Case study: using 4 branches to solve historical mystery. Originally called physical anthropology because it dealt with physical aspects of human beings. Many involved in the eld call it biological anthropology. Like all living entities started out as something else.