ANTHR-140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sociocultural Anthropology, Osteology, Linguistic Anthropology
22 Dec 2020
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Study of humans around the world and through time. Uniquely comparative and holistic study studying the whole of human condition past, present, and future; biology, society, language and culture. Cultures tradition and customs, transmitted through learning, that form and guide the beliefs and behaviour of the people exposed to them. Archaeology: biological anthropology study of human biological variation through time and as it exists today. It uses the principles of evolution to understand human diversity, and describe the history we share with our primate relatives. Paleo-anthropology the study of the fossil record of ancestral humans and their primate relatives. Skeletal biology and osteology the study of the skeleton. Includes patterns of human growth and development, human biological plasticity, physiological and environment impacts on the skeleton. Human genetics understanding the influence of evolution and culture on our genetic code and those of our ancestors. Primatology the study of non-human primates, such as anatomy, genetics, behaviour, ecology, conservation.
