ANTH 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Biological Anthropology, Primatology, Speciation
9 Jun 2020
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The study of humans, past and present. Focuses on human culture and evolutionary aspects of human biology. Socio-cultural anthro examines social patterns and practices across cultures, with special interests in how people live in particular places and how they organize, govern, and create meaning. Comparative study of ways in which language reflects and influences social life. Study past peoples and cultures, through the analysis of material remains, ranging from artifacts and evidence of past enviro to architecture and landscapes. Subfields: classical arch, conflict/battlefield arch, industrial ect. Study of the human biology within the framework of evolution and with an emphasis on the interaction bwt biology and culture. Scope variety: human biology, primatology (study of apes, monkeys ect), paleoanthropology etc. Just a theory (theories are supported by a body of evidence, tested and accepted hypotheses). Evolution = speciation, creation of new species, or ape to human over time. (evolution can lead to speciation, but it is not the definition of evolution.
