ANT101H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Lower Paleolithic, Brain Size, Granary
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Holistic study of human behaviour through ethnographies. Descriptions of human behaviour obtained through participant observation. Used to create theories on human behaviour. Intricate link b/w language and culture: linguistics, archaeology. Study of material remains left by cultures, especially the past. Reflect the behaviour of the culture: physical anthropology. Biological study of humans & relatives within evolutionary framework; and its relationship to culture. Uses fossil examination to do so: molecular anthropology. Degree of biological relationships b/w all human populations. Nutritional deficiencies on bones determine dietary components: palaeodemography. Study of morbid conditions that leave evidence on bones: forensic anthropology. Recovery/analysis of human remains for law enforcement agencies. Introduced concept of extinction to explain disappearance of fossilized animals. Malthus: human populations multiply geometrically but food resources grow arithmetically; will grow out of resources w/out constant check to maintain pop. size. Suggests that there has to be some kind of check/balance in a population to keep number.
