ANTH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Paleoecology, Forensic Anthropology, Applied Anthropology
5 Sep 2016
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Table 1. 1 forms of cultural and biological adaptation (to high altitude) More efficient respiratory system, to extract oxygen from thin air . Genetic adaptation (occurs over generations) (evolution primatology) Long-term physiological adaptation (occurs during growth and development of the individual organism) Short-term physiological adaptation (occurs spontaneously when the individual organism enters a new environment) Rate of cultural adaptation rapidly accelerating during the last 10,000 years: food production: cultivation of plants and domestication of animals. Developed 12,000 10,000 years ago (y. a. : first civilizations developed 6,000 to 5,000 bp (before the present, spread of industrial production. Four-field anthropology: sociocultural (cultural anthropology, archaeological history, biological evolution, physical anthropology, linguistic language. Cultural forces constantly mold human biology: biocultural: the inclusion and combination of biological and cultural perspectives and approaches to comment on or solve a particular issue or problem. Culture key environmental force in determining how human bodies grow and develop. Cultural standards of attractiveness and propriety influence participation.
