ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Binomial Nomenclature, Carl Linnaeus, Biogeography
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Historical development, mechanisms, and outcomes of biological evolution. Application of modern evolutionary theory to studies of morphology, ecology and behaviour of human and non-human primates. Primatology: scientific study of non-human primates, preserving primate populations, anatomy, psychology, field studies. Evolution is not linear, progressive or about making an organism better. Test the hypothesis with data collected (coding, reading, analysing) Repeat and make sure it can be replicated. Paleoanthropology: biological evolution of all primates, changes and advent of human cultural activity, physical record of our evo (fossils) Medical: social, environmental and biological factors on health and illness of individuals, communities, regional, national etc. Karl von linne: 1st classification system of living things, physical resemblance, grouped into, every living thing named a different genera species. Lack of knowledge on age of the earth. In 1650, oct. 23, 4004 bc was accepted because the church pronouncement held as secular and religious law (adam and eve: religious concept of fixity of species.
