ANTH 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cecil Rhodes, Social Class In The United Kingdom, Human Taxonomy
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Note updates to the syllabus, for further reference section (just for term papers), readings cut back, a couple of films added. These are not filler, but will really help you with the content. If you want to review the first lecture, you"ll find various iterations on line, including a couple of ted talks. The journey of humanity september 9 anthro 100. Anthropology is the study of humanity, four branches, all ultimately dedicated to understanding ourselves, our past, our present and hopefully through the insights of the discipline, a better world tomorrow. Physical anthropology the study of human origins, the descent of man, the evolutionary saga so freaked out the victorians. Geology provided the time frame upon which darwin"s theory of natural selection could operate. Linguistics, the study of language, the forming of sounds and the art of communication, verbal and other, story of the mazatec whistle speech, a vocabulary written on the wind.
