ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Evolution, Sociocultural Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1150
• Professor: Victor Gulewitsch

Document Summary

Anthropology is the study of humankind in all times and places. Anthropologists come from many different societies and cultures. Anthropological studies began in the 8th and 9th centuries. Museums, academic departments, and applied research influenced the development of anthropology. Canadian anthropologists shape government policies, and many are advocates for first nations peoples. There are four classical subfields within anthropology: biological anthropology (sometimes listed as physical anthropology), archaeology, linguistic anthropology, and sociocultural anthropology. Applied anthropology is a newer division, and within academia there are a growing number of institutions that list this subfield within their department. The systematic study of humans as biological organisms. The major subfields within biological anthropology are the following: Paleoanthropology is concerned with the study of fossil remains of our ancient ancestors with a desire to reconstruct the course of human biological evolution. Primatology is the study of the biological and social nature of our closest relatives.