ANTA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Zymology, Medical Anthropology, Urban Anthropology
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2012-09-03 11:17 pm: why take anthropology, we will be much better prepared for the future; because unlike our ancestors, we know about how and why past societies developed and failed. We have the opportunity to learn from their mistakes and successes, and hopefully build a more sustainable and brighter future. This philosophy was said by jared diamond in his book. Collapse: how societies choose to fail or succeed past societies lacked archaeologists and television. : ex. ) In modern day, there are many obese people. This is because our bodies are developed to live our biological past physically active food gatherers whose foods tended to be low in fat, sugar, and salt; and high in fiber. The more we understand biological past, the more we can understand modern-day health: this and many other examples demonstrate that modern humans are cultural and biological beings whose present and future reflect their past.
