ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Homo Habilis, Cultural Relativism, Earlobe
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A genetic component to behavior, a learnt component or ecological. Take all perspectives possible: fieldwork- anthropologists have to produce data, produce primary research which is based on fieldwork, you collect the data. This fieldwork is long term: comparison- inherent in anthro and science, compare the anatomy of let"s say mammals or societies. When you compare you can highlight similarities and diff: cultural relativism & ethnocentrism- very important to anthro understand other cultures before passing judgement. Relativism is a tough thing you have to deal with, because you are bound to run into practices that you don"t deal with. But it"s their culture and you cannot do anything about it. Ethnocentrism- closely analyzed, it"s built in us, and this is normal thing, its normal for ppl to think they are better than other ppl. There are almost 6-7 thousand languages: scientific anthro- related to 6.
