ANTH 1003 Lecture : ANTH Notes
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Anthropology- the study of humankind, from its beginnings millions of years ago to the present day. From the greek anthropos (human) and logia (study)b. Characterized by a comparative, field-based, evolutionary, holistic approach. ( what makes it distinctive in the social sciences) Archaeology- study of past cultures through their material remains. (fossils, tools, built structures, waste, historical archaeology: may use written records) Biological (or physical) anthropology- study humans from a biological perspective: paleoanthropology: biological processes of human adaptation, human variation: physiological differences among modern humans, primatology: study of apes for clues about the human species, forensics. Forensic anthropology: study and identification of skeletized or badly decomposed human remains, faces lab at lsu (forensic anthropology and computer. Linguistic anthropology: interdisciplinary, cultural beliefs about language, culturally-patterned ways of using language, language use in context, speakers as social actors (how to we greet people, what words can tell us (first lady, african. American), language myths, language attitudes: who speaks the best.
