ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Darwinism, Social Philosophy, Binomial Nomenclature
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Ant100 - lecture 1 - introduction to evolution. Evolutionary anthropology is the application of modern evolutionary theory to studies of morphology, ecology, and behaviour of human and non-human primates. There are 5 research disciplines in evolutionary anthropology: Primate anatomy, field studies of wild animals, primate psychology, etc. Primatologists seek to conserve primates in vanishing tropical ecosystems (e. g. mouse lemurs in madagascar) Multidisciplinary study of biological evolution of humans and non-human primates. Advent of and changes in human cultural activities. Evolutionary history of behaviour in human and non-human primates. Spatial and temporal variations in human features. Geographic and climatic variations in body size, skin colour, and eye colour. How social, environmental and biological factors influence health and illness of individuals at the community, regional, national and global levels. Focuses only on skeletal remains of humans. Forensic anthropologists seek to determine the age, sex, stature, ancestry and any trauma or disease of the deceased.
