ANTH 1001 : Anthropology 1001 - Listi - Exam 1 Notes
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Anthropology is the study of people: biocultural approach- perspective anthropologists take when studying humans. Bad for anthropologists: cultural relativism - the view that all cultures have merit or value within their own historical and environmental contexts. History of evolutionary thought: middle ages, order, stasis, religious beliefs, great chain of being, natural world, fixity of species, young earth, political system. 14th 18th centuries: renaissance and enlightenment, technological advances, exploration diversity. Technological advances: examples, microscope (people were able to examine life forms very closely, telescope (led to the realization that the earth was not the center of the universe, printing press (better distribution of info. Over hand copying: laws of physics (motion, gravity, etc. , travel, exploration, and diversity (euro-based, because they are essentially leading this) Basic biology day so glad i came to class. Heredity: cells, prokaryotic, eukaryotic, nucleus where genetic info is stored - dna, organelles, cell types, somatic cells make up body tissue, gametes sex cells involved in reproduction.
