ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ultraviolet, Folic Acid, Human Migration

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1120
• Professor: E.Finnis

Document Summary

1 the concept of "race" is a social construct that is a biological fallacy. 2 relationships between evolutionary processes and cultural contexts. 3 human variation can have adaptive signi cance (although it doesn"t have to) 4 even as we change and evolve, other organisms are doing the same thing (often in uenced by the actions of humans) The reality -> humanity lives in almost all habitats. Reminder: the bicultural approach: recognizes the interrelationship of biology and the many facets of culture (including technology and behaviour) our biology shapes our capacity ti develop culture and our cultures shape our behaviours. No other species has our range of habitats other than many bacteria. Adaptability: the capacity to maintain function in the response to short or long term stressors. Many no mean that things are easy but that you are surviving. The interrelationship of biology and the many facets of culture (including technologies, behaviours)