ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Homininae, Color Vision, Enculturation
11 Apr 2016
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Gold was found around the 1920s and hundreds on australians came over and made the natives work for cheap. In 1930, when the leahy brothers penetrated the interior of new guinea in search of gold, they carried a movie camera. Captured the confrontation with thousands of stone age people who had no idea of existence of humans beyond their land. The papuans tell how they thought the white men were their ancestors, bleached by the sun and returned from the dead. In history, to cultivate was to grow (plants) Cultured people usually defined by class and education ex. knowledge of wine, opera, go to museums, very refined tastes. All culture is interesting (definition of culture on p. 30) Tylor gave one of the first definitions of culture in 1871 culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society .
