ANTHRO 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Primatology
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Anthro 2a-60020 lecture 1 notes-introduction to the course. Anthropology-(cid:863)the tud(cid:455) of ma(cid:374)ki(cid:374)d(cid:863) or (cid:862)stud(cid:455) of hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)it(cid:455)/hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)-(cid:374)ess(cid:863) The definition of anthropology is still in dispute, and there are many different definitions that it can take, but for this class, this will be the definition. A(cid:374)thropolog(cid:455) is su(cid:272)h a (cid:271)road dis(cid:272)ipli(cid:374)e, that it is di(cid:448)ided i(cid:374)to (cid:862)fields(cid:863) or categories. It can be divided in a different number of ways in different countries. In the u. s. , anthropology is usually divided into four fields. Biological/physical anthropology: look at genetics, dna, human. Ar(cid:272)haeolog(cid:455): (cid:862) tud(cid:455) of the a(cid:374)(cid:272)ie(cid:374)t(cid:863)-focus on the study of past human societies. Linguistic anthropology: focus on human communication-often look for universal aspect of how people communicate. Cultural anthropology: focus is on societies that exist today- cultures that are found around the world now. Incommensurability-there may be some aspect, or value, or belief, or behavior found in one culture that is very difficult for outsiders to understand.
