ANT 2511 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Simian, Birth Weight, Mutagen
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Textbook essentials of physical anthropology 3rd edition by clark larsen. Anthropology the study of humankind, viewed from the perspective of all people and all times. All of the collective experience of our biological ancestors. All of the creatures to whom we are closely related (relatively speaking). Humans are hominids, classi es within the taxonomic family hominidae. Humans are also members of the order primates. We are capable of abstract thought, other primates are not. Culture learned behavior that is transmitted from person to person. Culture includes strategies for dealing with the natural environment we can"t live without it. Cultural relativity each culture should be understood within its own context, and not judged by other cultures" norms. Branches of anthropology archaeology, social/cultural, linguistics, & physical or. Applied anthropology: using specialized knowledge to help solve a culture"s speci c problems. Historical archeologists: examine later, complex cultures about which there are records in some.
