ANT100Y1 Lecture : ANT - L02 [Sept 23 2010]
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Rewrite your lecture notes in full immediately after lecture. N application of modern evolutionary theory to studies of the morphology, ecology, and behaviour of human and non human primates. N primatology: scientific study of non human primates, primate anatomy, field studies of wild animals, primate psychology, primatologists seek to conserve primates in vanishing tropical ecosystems. N paleoanthropology: multidisciplinary study of, biological evolution of humans and non human primates, advent of and changes in human and cultural activities, evolutionary history of behaviour in human and non human primates. N human variation: spatial and temporal variations in human features, for example, geographic and climatic variations in body size, skin colour, and eye colour, some related to climate, some related to geography. N forensic anthropology: skeletal, dental, focuses only on skeletal remains of humans, forensic anthropologists seek to determine the age, sex, stature, ancestry, and any trauma or disease of the deceased.