ANT 2000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Biological Anthropology, Primatology, Bipedalism
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Anthropology: the study of humankind from a broad perspective, focusing on the biological and cultural differences and similarities among populations and societies in the past and present. Four subfields of anthropology: biological anthropology: also called physical anthropology. Role of language and speaking in cultural and social life of specific people. Applied anthropology: use of anthropological methods to solve practical real world problems. Medical anthropology: investigate interactions among human health, nutrition, social environment, and cultural beliefs and practices. Globalization: worldwide process where nations are integrated in a system involving flows of technology, transportation communication, travel, and market exchanges. Holistic perspective: understand factors that influence subject and interpret it in contexts of those factors. Comparative perspective: valid hypotheses and theories about humanity be tested with data from a wide range of cultures. (relativistic perspective) cultural relativism: no culture is superior/inferior, can"t judge using standards of own culture.
