ANTH 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Primatology, Nacirema, Linguistic Description

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 260
• Professor: Dr.Christina Getrich

Document Summary

Anthropology: the study of the full scope of human diversity, past and present, and the application of that knowledge to help people of different backgrounds better understand one another. Roots of the discipline: european expansion in the 18th and 19th centuries, leading to increased contact with groups of people worldwide. Holism = the full scope of human life, including culture, biology, history, and language, Discipline organized into 4(+) main subfields across time and space. These subfields range from the sciences to the humanities. How humans (and non human primates) have evolved over time and adapted to their environments. The study of the history of human through the fossil record. Other areas: genetics, human growth and development, bodily responses to stress. Excavating and analyzing material remains (artifacts) to better understand past human behavior and lifestyles. Prehistoric : reconstruction of human behavior in the distant past (before written records) Historic: the exploration of the more recent past through the examination of.