ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Behavior, Adam Kadmon, Molecular Anthropology
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The study of the human experience from multiple perspectives (lewis et al. , 2013) A holistic approach to humankind by combining the analysis of biology and behaviour. Culture essential paradigm of all aspects and subfields of anthropology (final exam question last year) Human behavior that is learned and shared by members of a society the way you see the world is a reflection of culture. Evolutionary perspective our ancestors consist of primates. Ethnographies the descriptive behaviors observed in a human society. Participant observation people live amongst other cultures and learn their ways which is translated into ethnographies. Cross cultural studies(ethnologies) - ethnology is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationship between them: linguistics. The study of human speech and language 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 specific: archaeology.
