ANTH 1000 Lecture Notes - Forensic Anthropology, Brachiation, Australopithecus
14 Sep 2013
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Anthropology is the study of human-kind and changes over time. Like sociology; looks at people (marriage, family, kinship). Understanding traditional ways of life so we can understand ours. Records and compares languages to one another to determine similarities and differences: physical. Looks at humans as both biological and cultural beings. How heritage is influenced by our environment. Find the manner and means of death: archaeology. Like cultural, but the subjects are dead and have been dead for a long time. Study a wide range of cultures and time periods: specialty fields. Evolution: things change: there is irreversible change , biological or cultural study. Hard ( s ) or soft ( s ) science: hard meaning based on only facts, soft meaning not tested and based on experience and tests. Pseudoscience: fake science : tv is filled with incidents of this, ex. History channel showing aliens and unrealistic things: not separating facts from wishes. Statistics can be misused: unintentionally or purposely.
