ANTB14H3 Chapter Notes -Emma Darwin, Forensic Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology

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Introduction to evolutionary anthropology: chapter 1 and lecture notes. Evolutionary anthropology specialize in primatology, paleoanthropology, human variation, medical anthropology, and forensic anthropology. Paleoanthropology biological evolution of humans and non-human primates. They excavate fossils and study changes in human cultural activities. They also study the evolutionary history of behaviour in human and non-human primates. Human variation determine spatial and temporal variations. There are not only variations in outer appearance but there are also skeletal and dental variations. Medical anthropology study of how social, environmental, and biological factors influence health and illness of individuals. Investigate spatial and temporal variations in human survival, disease, and health disparity. Forensic anthropology focuses on skeletal remains of humans (determine sex, age, stature, ancestry, and possible disease or trauma) There are three types of research: descriptive, casual, and applied. Descriptive collect data about the study subject or objects (doesn"t provide reason for results obtained in other words they do not demonstrate casual relationships)

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