ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Neolithic, Animal Husbandry, Human Ecology
1 Mar 2016
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*securing survival by providing the necessities of life: food, water, shelter, hygiene, and protection from the elements. Adaptation interaction between changes an organism makes in its environment and changes the environment makes in the organism: necessary for survival of all life forms. Social adaptation sociability between individuals and groups, maintenance of order and reproduction, both biological and social, involving not only sexuality but the creation of affective ties between parents and offspring. Ecological adaptation provision of food and shelter, maintenance of health is basis of all human life. Psychological adaptation through language and symbols they create and maintain meaning and coherence in their lives. Human adaptation develop ways of doing things compatible with the resources they have available to them and within the limitations of the environment in which they live. Slash-and-burn horticulture was then introduced (creating change in natural environment by removal through cutting and burning of natural vegetative cover).
