ANTHROP 1AA3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Forensic Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
22 Apr 2016
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Defined: a discipline of infinite curiosity about human beings. Terms comes from greek anthropos, for man human and logos for study . Biological or physical is concerned primarily with the biological diversity of humans, their ancestors and closely related primates. Archaeology study of past human cultures, primarily through material remains, prehistorical no written documents or oral histories evidence from artefacts, historical work on more recent society, integral historical evidence (written) Socio-cultural concerned with the study of recent or contemporary cultures culture defined as an aspect of culture within a society ethnography and participant observation. Linguistics study of languages, construction and use how it works. Inductive bottom up (exploratory open ended specific set of observations) Charles darwin, theory of evolution through observation saw pattern. Deductive top down (start with theory and go to hypothesis, observation to confirmation [not of original theory]) gravity is an example theory was thought of then, tried out (tested) reject/accept thought.
