ANTHR-130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Edward Burnett Tylor, Biological Anthropology, Implicit Learning
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The study of humans. a social science dedicated to understanding of all the facets of what it is to be human. Under the assumption that all humans are the same, that we share traits in common with each other. Human evolution and biological adaptations/evolution primates: archaeology. The study of the material remains of the past societies: linguistic anthropology. The study of human languages, their variations, the way language shapes human interactions and history of language evolutions: cultural anthropology. Telling the daughter how to be an "acceptable woman" in society mothers intention is to aid the girl in the world. Benna is a folk music, associated with the poor and non-white. Shouldn"t sing benna in church, b/c church is a place to be "like white people" Meaning the growth of something, the activity that makes something grow for a purpose. It initially had nothing to do with people. During the 19th century, the word culture became synonymous with civilization.