NEW150Y1 Lecture Notes - Aprica, African Studies, Hominidae
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Origins of africans & the best ways to study africa. Arabs first to name africa, but called it libya (did not include egypt) Then called it billad el sudan" (the land of the blacks, still not egypt included)- talking about in complexion but no stereotype or stigma attached. Pays particular attention to an aspect of human experience. E. g to understand a society, need to know how power is acquired, used and distributed (so focus on power) (political science) By paying attention to the past (history) linguistics (language) Pays particular attention to two or more aspects of human experience. Not that popular in universities since enlightenment. Most knowledge of african studies is from this approach. Africans believed to be part of the hominid family. Ramindus (first one) lived around period between 5 million- 3 million years ago (sa) Usually classified as brain between 300-350 cubic centimeters (very small brain, limited intelligence) Ability to walk upright and straight fingers.
