ANTH 1001 Chapter : Unit 1
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Archaeology- study of the past using the material remains of a culture. Physical anthropology study of modern humans from a biological perspective, including the past and the present, and also the study of non human primates, human evolution , fossil record. Study of how sounds are put together to communicate about our world and ourselves. Cultural anthropology- learned behavior that is distinct among groups of people, it"s passed down through generations and it"s evolutionary. Politics, economics, kinship, art and sports, corporations, etc. 8/22/2012 4:45:00 pm: franz boas, 1858-1942, set the standard for how anthropology is taught today, father of american anthr, can thank him for the 4 subfields, trained 1st generation of well known anthropologist. Order: all of life can be arranged in a higher Stasis: to remain the same, or to be unchanged. Religious beliefs: great chain of being- a supreme being created and existed at the top of a natural order.
