ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ethnocentrism, Deathlands, Indo-European Languages
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Being able to have culture is genetically programmed. Sharing and giving (patterns of sharing, gift giving) Popularity, can mean to a group of people (rather than ways of people) A human resource & central element of culture. Helps us adapt to natural & social environments. Major changes = species, minor changes = generational. Specific languages & cultures develop to cope with environmental and social context (niches) We"re able to adapt without becoming a new species because out language and culture can adapt, and be taught. Within all species, groups come into conflict (resources/different niches) Generated from context of differences: height, hair/eye colour vs. race, ethnicity. Modern anthropology developed in the west to describe non-west (imperialism) The reason why we have four fields of anthropology, history holds them together. All languages have the same general form (noun, verb etc. ) Thought he had proof indo-european languages were the most advanced because they spread around the world.
