ANTH 1001 Lecture : Anthropology 1001 Semester Notes
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Four subfields: linguistics, the scientific study of language from a cultural perspective, est. Studying the remains of humans: physical (biological, the study of human biological variation including evolution, and also the study of non-human primates. American anthropology: franz boas (1858-1942, father of american anthropology, set the standard, 4-field (biocultural) perspective, merged with scientific method, trained the 1st generation of great anthropologists, ales hrdlicka (1869-1943, the great organizer , compiled collection of osteological material. Skulls: studied human variation, started the american journal of physical anthropology. The voice of the field : started american association of physical. 4) accumulation: population, organisms with advantageous traits reproduce and cause certain traits to accumulate within the population. 5) new species: overtime, the accumulation of new traits could cause a new species to develop, doesn"t have to happen, examples. Giraffe neck length: lamarck, fluids and forces caused neck to expand and trait is eventually passed on, darwin, biological variation in neck length of original group.
