ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon, Carl Linnaeus, Evolutionary Anthropology

• School: UTSG
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT100Y1
• Professor: Shawn Lehman

Document Summary

What is evolutionary anthropology: application of modern evolutionary theory to studies of the morphology, ecology, and behavior of human and non-human primates. 5 research disciplines in evolutionary anthropology: primatology, scientific study of non-human primates, primate anatomy, field studies of wild animals, primate psychology, etc, primatologists seek to conserve primates in vanishing tropical ecosystems, paleoanthropology, multidisciplinary study of: Biological evolution of humans and non-human primates. Advent of and changes in human cultural activities. How do evolutionary anthropologists conduct their research: sate the problem, gather information, form a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, record and analyze data, state the conclusion, repeat the work. Work of early naturalists that led to development of evolutionary. Georges-louis leclerc, comte de buffon (1707 1788: earth"s history >6000 years (ca. Major issue with contemporary religious authorities: essentially argued against the church, founded biogeography: despite similar environments, different regions have distinct plants and animals. Jean-baptiste lamarck (1744 1829: inheritance of acquired characteristics. Charles darwin (1809 1882: naturalist on h. m. s.