ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sociocultural Anthropology, Forensic Anthropology, Biological Anthropology
22 Sep 2016
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Anthropology examines the answers to these questions to determine why others act the way they do. Globe and mail article: the last long tribes : media portrayed the tribe as a mystic population that are finally coming out to the world, described as primitive. Implies we are modernized and civilized and they are not. Media is a good source to view various encounters between different cultures and beliefs. Can any of us truly write in a objective manner: their own background influences how they write about others beliefs. Four sub disciplines of anthropology: biological anthropology. Influence of genes and hormones on human behavior. Origin of species and relationships with closely related primates. Language is a very important part of understanding culture and how we live in the world: archaeology anthropology. Finding artifacts and reconstructing the world people once lived in: sociocultural anthropology. Contemporary societies and how they are created and organized.
