ANTH 1001 Chapter : Anthropology Notes Chapter 1
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Subfields of anthropology: cultural- study of human societies, linguistic- study of languages, its origin and use, archaeology- study of material culture of past people, biological(physical)- study of human biology within an evolutionary framework. Physical anthropology: human biological evolution- evolutionary theory, human biocultural variation- life history. Scientific method : question, background research, hypothesis, experiment, data, conclusion, present information. Franz boas- father of modern anthro, relyed on scientific mehod. Earnest hooton- measure skulls, created idea about racism. Physical anthropologist seek to: study humans from a biological and cultural perspective. The scientific method: involves empirical data collection and hypothesis testing. Boas laid the foundation for scientific anthropology by: relying on the scientific method. Because populations of organisms for lineages that evolve (descent with modification) and lineages split into multiple daughter species. If lineages diverge to give rise to multiple daughter species that look slightly different: If organisms adapt to their environment as a result of natural selection .
