ANTHR150 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Johann Gottfried Herder, Allele Frequency, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHR150
• Professor: Francois Larose

Document Summary

Anthr 150: race and racism in the modern world. The study of humankind in all times and places. It"s a holistic discipline (it studies all aspects of humanity in relation to each other (e. g. we all need to eat)) to understand why humans are the way they are and why they do what they do. Uses comparative perspective to understand cultural similarities and differences: sub-disciplines of anthropology. Biological anthropology: the study of human as biological organisms. Cultural anthropology: the study of how variations in beliefs and behaviours of different human groups are learned and acquired as members of society. Archeology: the study of the human past involving the analysis of material remains left behind by earlier human societies. Anthropology and the concept of race: origins of anthropology. Developed in the 19th century in response to discoveries of human groups previously unknown. Based on greek philosophies; it sought to explain the nature of the world.