ANT200H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase, Cascina Increa, Cultural Evolution
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Science and the scientific method have taken their modern form in the 500 years since the. Archaeology emerged as a distinct field only in the 19th century, but followed a developmental course similar to that of other scientific disciplines. While archaeology represents a scientific means of approaching and understanding the past, it is only one of many ways of viewing the past. Many scientific fields, including archaeology, originated with the work of amateur collectors. Ex: the modern field of biology took root with european collectors of local plant and animal life, including many 17th- and 18th-century english country parsons and other gentlemen of leisure. Classification: the ordering of phenomena into groups (classes) based on the sharing of attributes. The earliest classifications were usually based on the most obvious traits, such as appearance or form. Today, all classifications continue to be based on the observed characteristics of the material being categorized.
