ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Franz Boas, Human Behavior, Osteology
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Ant 101h: introduction to biological anthorpology & archaeology. The study of the human experience from multiple perspectives (lewis et al. , 2013) Human behavior that is learned and shared by members of a society. Four subfields of anthropology: sociocultural - holistic study of human behavior. Cross cultural studies(ethnologies: linguistics - the study of human speech and language includes both the origins of language in general and analysis of specific languages (lewis et al. , There is an intricate link between language with culture: archaeology - the study of material remains left by cultures, primarily of the past. Public archeology: biological/physical anthropology - biological study of humans and their relatives within the framework of evolution and it"s relationship to culture. 5 subfields of physical anthropology: paleoanthropology/evolutionary anthropology - study of human evolution, particularly through fossil remains, molecular anthropology - genetics is crucial to understanding evolutionary relationships. Can examine the genetic relationships between human populations humans and their primate relatives.
