ANTH 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Molecular Anthropology, Bioarchaeology, Scientific Law
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Anthropologists look at humans holistically in the context of life on earth today and in the past. Paleoanthropology: look at human fossils to understand human evolutionary history. Molecular anthropology: look at living human/ancient human dna. Bioarchaeology: study recent human remains in archaeological contexts (ex. Forensic anthropology: study remains of recently deceased humans (within 50 to. The paradigm: an accepted way or pattern of how something works (aka theory?) Ex. everything falls to ground bc of gravity. The hypothesis: a testable claim that potentially explains how something works within a paradigm. Data collection: collect information that may prove/disprove your hypothesis. Data analysis: perform analysis on raw data. Oldest rocks are 4. 4 billion years old! When your study is replicated and confirmed over and over again, it becomes a scientific theory; then it becomes scientific law. *behavioral flexibility-- behaviors affect environment which then affects us (loop) *ability to cooperate-- getting behind a common cause. Consider humans holistically (genetics, anatomy, geology, psychology, history)
