ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Human Behavior, Primatology, Osteology
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The study of the human experience from multiple perspectives (lewis et al. , Culture (center periderm of all aspects of anthropology, very important) Human behavior that is learned and shared by members of a society. Ethnographies - description of human behaviors that are observed. Includes both the origins of language in general and analysis of specific languages (lewis et al. , 2013) There is an intricate link between language with culture: archaeology (examination of human behavior through their material remains) 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 its relationship to culture. Important: different from the 4 subfields of anthropology. 1. paleoanthropology: study of human evolution, particularly through fossil remains, molecular (genetic) anthropology. Humans and their primate ancestors: primatology. Primate paleontology study of primate fossil record: osteology.
