ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Denisovan, Homo Floresiensis, Neanderthal
20 Mar 2016
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Anthropology derived from the greek anthropos, meaning man or humankind and logia, which means discourse or study . Study of how humans have adapted over time, but also how humans vary from one culture or geographic region to another. Herodotus (484 to 425 bc) father of history ; first historian known to record and collect systematic descriptions of other cultures. General anthropology has 4 subfields: biological, archaeological, linguistic, and socio-cultural anthropology. Biological anthropology focus on human biological diversity through time and across space; ex. Dna of as many people as possible in order to map genomes and see the changes over time and across regions); five areas unite the sub-discipline: Human biological plasticity ability of body to cope with change and deal with stresses. Biology, evolution, behaviour, and social life of other non-human primates (apes and monkeys) Humans are members of the hominidae zoological family.
