ANTHRO 128B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Evolutionism, Monogenism, Social Darwinism
17 Jul 2018
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Anthro 128b race, gender, science -- lecture 7 . ~the idea that human behavior or other characteristics are determined and controlled by. +if (cid:449)e (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge (cid:271)iolog(cid:455) why give people equal access. +(cid:272)o(cid:373)e to (cid:271)e see(cid:374) as (cid:862)(cid:374)atu(cid:396)al(cid:863) a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)e(cid:448)ita(cid:271)le. ~social inequalities(poverty, disease, educational, achievement) come to be seen as. ~had profound effect on understandings of human variation. +especially how we look at gender and race. Can lead to naturalization of inequality (cid:862)(cid:374)atu(cid:396)al(cid:863) a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)e(cid:448)ita(cid:271)le. Charles darwin publishes, on the origin of species, in 1895. Darwin not first or only scientist developing theory of evolution. Darwin and alfred wallace identified mechanism of natural selection. ~selection/competition for resources: population growth tends to outstrip food supply. ~inheritance/differential reproductive success: beneficial variation are passed down at. ~as one mechanism of evolution (others: gene flow, genetic drift) +giraffe example: necks are all a different size. +basic observation that everything is a little bit different. ~reproductive success depends on ability to attract mates.
