ANT-2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cultural Anthropology, Ocean Way Recording, Primatology
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The study of humanity, including pre-historic origins and contemporary human diversity. 4 main subfields (5 if you include applied) The study of humans as biological organisms, including evolution and contemporary variation. The study of non-human members of the order of mammals called primates. The study of human evolution on the basis of the fossil record. One important activity is the search for fossils to increase the amount and quality of the evidence related to the way human evolution occurred. Anthropologists in this area define, measure, and seek to explain differences in the biological makeup and behaviour of contemporary humans. Dna within and across populations, body size and shape, human nutrition and disease, and human growth and development. Archaeology the study of past human cultures through their material remains. Prehistoric archaeology the human past before written records. Historical archaeology the human past in societies that have written documents. Including its origins, history and contemporary variation and change.
