ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Osteology, Carl Linnaeus, Middle Ages
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Anti-mordum (trauma ectthat a person experiences when they are alive) Bone ect breaksbone has unique quality to heal itself (grow over fracture) so in anti-modum, there is evidence of healing. Post-mordum (changes and trauma ecttaht person experiences when they are dead) Pari-modem (trauma experienced around the time of death) Examination of skeletal remains in a court of law mass disasters eg. plane crash-many body parts, nothing whole, All cultures have origin myths- so every human has an explanation for their origin. All cultures compare humans and animalsand humans are placed as the superior model. In the middle ages in europe states that the beginning of humans remained the same. From the most simple to the most complex (humans were most) Aristaltol is important because he established that humans are also animals but he still believed in the fixity of the species. Linnaeus: bionomial nominclature (father of modern taxtominy) Important because he grouped all living organisms into family and species.