ANT 1101 Lecture Notes - Cultural Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Sept
29 Jul 2013
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Anthropology developed in the 19th century in the western world. Anthropologist interpreted what was beyond the western world. Reported what the people looked like historically (physical). What was the intellectual capability of these people. Social anthropologist came back to talk about the habits and culture of the native people. Application of modern evolutionary theory to studies of the morphology, ecology, and behavior of human and non-human primates. Paleoanthropology (biological evolution of humans and non-human primates). Advent of and changes in human cultural activities. Human variation (spatial and temporal variations in human features) for example, geographic and climatic variations in body size, skin colour, and eye colour. Medical anthropology (why has the heart not reached perfection, when it had so long to evolve?) Forensic anthropology (strong connection to popular culture and media). Means language and signs (sign is anything that represents something else eg. dog, puppy, picture of a dog) Communication , identity and representation goes together.
