ANT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ethnocentrism, Behavioral Modernity, Language Development
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Defined by the study of human kind- they are bicultural so they take the holistic approach. Human biology and culture by our biology. Humans must be understood in terms of shared, learned behavior as well as. Culture influences our biological makeup capacity rather than growing up at sea-level. Considers the interaction between biology and culture. Your diet will be different from those around the world. Your geography- growing up in high altitude means that you get a larger lung. Wither or not you spend a lot of time indoors not gaining a lot of vitamin d. Clothing, having fire, having different ways to keep war. Your biological sex can tell you how you are perceived or valued in a culture. You can develop tools that help combat your biological downfalls such as using a stool because you are short. Reefers to differences among individuals and populations. Variation in terms of biology and culture interest anthropologists.
