AR103 Lecture Notes - Homo Erectus, Homo Sapiens, Linnaean Taxonomy
11 Apr 2013
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Simple systems used as pieces of a puzzle to understand more complex systems. Case study perspective-understanding begins with simple, small scale, local. Exhibits a relativity of viewpoints, recognizes the problem of bias. All humans are a product of their own culture therefore we are always bias of other cultures. In some situations our own cultural bias prevents us from understanding other cultures. Biocultural approach- refers to observation that humans have to be understood as biological organisms as well as learned organisms. Homo erectus: homo sapiens are descendants of this species, ancestor of human population. Scientific writer, over 100 major works, 200 doctoral dissertations. Main work was systema natural-system for identifying and assigning names for organisms. Using different technologies, ex-blood typing, the closer the blood type the more closely related those two populations are, genetic sequencing. Linnaean system will continue to change as technology advances.
