ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Femicide, Medicalization, Dowry
8 Dec 2015
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Anthropology is a discipline of infinite curiosity about human beings. The term comes from the greek anthropos for man, human and logo for study. Biological or physical anthropology which is concerned primarily with biological diversity of humans, their ancestors, and closely related primates. Archaeology which is the study of past human cultures, primarily through their material remains. Socio -cultural anthropology-which is concerned with the study of recent or contemporary cultures. Anthropological linguistics-which is the anthropological study of languages. Primatology study of nonhuman primates social behaviour, communication, infant care, reproduction understand natural forces that have shaped human evolution & aspects of human behaviour. Historical archaeology that studies the remains of recent peoples who left written records. Culture refers to the customary ways of thinking and behaving of a particular population or society. Ethnology is concerned with cultural patterns of behaviour such as marriage customs, kinship organization, political and economic systems, religion, folk art, music.
