ANTH 215 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Evolutionary Medicine, Binomial Nomenclature, Natural Selection

• School: WWU, Western
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 215
• Professor: Allyson Rollins

Document Summary

Introduction to bio anth: no lecture on chapter 3. Not tested but should know: physical/ biological anthropology. The study of human biology within the framework of evolution with an emphasis on the interaction between biology and culture. The interdisciplinary approach to the study of earlier hominis their chronology, physical structure, arcaeological remains, habitats, etc: molecular anthropology. Uses cutting edge techniques to investigate evolutionary relationships between human populations and between humans and nonhuman primates: osteology and bioarchaeology. The interpretation of the skeletal remains from archaeological sites, skeletal anatomy, bone physiology and growth and development. Bioarch is the study of the skeletal remains and archaeological contexts: paleopathology. The branch of osteology that studies the evidence of disease and injury in human skeletal remains from archaological sites. Health and nutrition leaves marks in skeleton. Any time paleo is in the front- older stuff. Forensic anth serial killers, crime scene victims, situations where there is a lot of.