ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Adam Kadmon, Human Behavior, Osteology
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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. The study of human speech and language specific languages (lewis et al. , 2013) There is an intricate link between language with culture. Includes both the origins of language in general and analysis of: archaeology. The study of material remains left by cultures, primarily of the past. Biological study of humans and their relatives within the framework of evolution and it"s relationship to culture. 1. paleoanthropology: study of human evolution, particularly through fossil remains, molecular anthropology. Humans and their primate ancestors: primatology. Primate paleontology study of primate fossil record: osteology. 1. population relationships: all human populations are biologically related to each other in time & space, degree of the relationship is biological distance , 2 methods. Nutritional deficiencies determination of dietary components on bones: palaeodemography. E. g. age at death, sex ratio of population: palaeopathology.
