ANT100Y1 : Biological and Archeology Definitions
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Anthropology = the global and holistic study of human culture and biology. Holistic = considering all aspects of the research subject. Biological anthropology = the study of human and non human primates in their biological and demographic dimensions. Extant = living representatives of a species exist. Primate = any extant or extinct member of the order of mammals, that includes lemurs, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans. Fossils = organic remains that have been transformed by geological processes into a mineralized form. Extinct = no living representative of a species exists. Scientific theory = a well substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world that incorporates facts, laws, predictions, and tested hypotheses. Common theory = an idea based only on conjecture or personal opinion. Hypothesis = a testable statement about the natural world that a researcher uses to build inferences and explanations. Inference = a process of reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from one or more facts.
