ANT 201 Lecture 5: Weeks 5-10 Notes
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We are far more like each other than our closest relatives (chimpanzees) are to each other. Every single person shares descendants from africa from a population or 10,000 people 150-200,000 years ago. Today, only 1/3 of white people in the us have easily detectable african ancestry in their genes. Once carrying capacity is reached, people travel. The farther away, the more different the people are from each other. When cultures feel an outside threat, patriotism and groupthink increases; individualism decreases. Hypodescent: not normal/only practiced in the us; when the child is described as the minority parent"s ethnicity not the majority. Ascribed statues: you don"t get to change. Published book containing addresses of burakumin, bought by 200 major japanese corporation to help hiring, also bought by people to avoid contact with such people. Book use is now illegal attendance answer: sock, gold. All societies that have been investigated are patriarchal (all societies are ruled by men)