ANTHROP 2200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Baffin Island, Bipedalism, Bioarchaeology
7 Apr 2017
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Anthropology is the study of humanity, viewed from the perspective of all ppl and all times. 4 subfields : cultural, archaeology, linguistic, physical/biological. Study of culture of present-day societies (non-western) Culture is learned and shared behavior that is transmitted from person to person, Ethnography: collection of qualitative data about beliefs values and social characteristic of a society or group of ppl behaviors (interviewing, observing, participating, surveying) Study of past human societies through artifacts (material remains) Study of construction of use of language (structure, evolution, social and cultural context) Language: a set of written or spoken symbols that refer to things other than themselves. Sociolinguistics: how social contexts (expectations, ethnicity, status, gender, etc) influence the way ppl use language. Study of past and present (human biological evolution, and biocultural variation) Earliest organisms w human traits are hominins (humans & humanlike ancestors) Arose in africa 8-10 mil years ago.
