ARCH 112 Lecture 1: Archeology-112 U of S Full YEAR Lecture Notes
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Anthropology: the study of humanity, anthropology is holistic in its approach, studies human culture and evolutionary aspects of human biology. The subfields of anthropology: cultural anthropology, linguistics, archaeology, biological anthropology. The two subfields that this class will focus on are archaeology and biological anthropology. Archaeology: the study of the human past through the examination of its material remains, archaeologists and paleoanthropologists study humans and human ancestors, palaeontologists study other extinct animals. Biological (physical) anthropology: focuses on humans as biological organisms, examining human evolution and modern human variation, emphasis on the interaction between biology and culture. Some specialties within biological anthropology: paleoanthropology: the study of human evolution, osteology: the study of the skeleton, primatology: the study of nonhuman primates, our closest living relatives. Culture: all aspects of human adaptation, including technology, traditions, language, religion, and social roles, transmitted through learning and not by biological or genetic means.
