ANTHROP 1AA3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Scientific Method, Formal Methods, Industrial Revolution
14 Dec 2012
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Anthropology: the study of humanity, including the prehistoric origins of humans and contemporary biological, cultural, and linguistic variation. Fossil: the preserved remains of a plant or animal of the past, usually a bone, a tooth, or an impression such as a footprint or leaf impression. Paleoanthropology: the study of human evolution through the analysis of fossil remains. Primates: the order of mammals that includes prosimians and anthropoids (monkeys, apes, humans). Archaeology: the study of past human cultures through their material remains. Artifacts: portable object made or modified by humans. Ethnoarchaeology: the study of material artifacts of the past along with the observation of modern peoples who have knowledge of the use and symbolic meaning of those artifacts. Linguistic anthropology: the study of human communication, including its origins, history, and contemporary variation and change. Structural linguistics: an area of research that investigates the structure of language patterns as they presently exist.
