ANTH 1150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Linguistic Description, Siouan Languages, Language Change
6 Oct 2013
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The study of humankind in all times and places. Anthropologists seek to produce reliable knowledge about people and their behavior, about what makes them different and what they all share in common. Anthropologists are interested in all aspects of humanity; the difference is they are concerned with everything that has to do with humans. (human nature) They espose the fallacies of racial and cultural superiority. Anthropology has much to say about human destiny laura nader (2006:10) Two examples are the accounts of other people by herodotus the greek and by the arab ibn khaldun, written in the 5th century b. c. and 14th century a. d. Until recently people have been restricted in their geographical horizons by this we mean having limited modes of traveling to distinct places. Adequate modes of transportation and communication were essential in order to study foreign peoples and cultures.
