ANTA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1&2: Dual Inheritance Theory, Paleopathology, Uniformitarianism
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Includes cultural anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and physical anthropology: scientific method: research whereby a problem is identified, a hypothesis is stated and that hypothesis is tested through the collection and analysis of data, biocultural evolution: mutual, interactive evolution of human biology and culture; biology makes culture possible and that developing culture further influences the direction of biological evolution, evolution, culture: all aspects of human adaptation, technology, traditions, language, religion, and social roles. Culture is a set of learned behaviours; it is transmitted from one generation through to the next learning and not by biological or genetic means: species: group of organisms, that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring, society: a group of people who share a common culture, enculturation: the process by which individuals, generally as children, learn the values and beliefs of the family, peer groups, and society in which they are raised, adaptation: function response of organisms or population to the environment o results from evolutionary changes.
