ANTH 1150 Study Guide - Final Guide: Biological Anthropology, Social Anthropology, Emic And Etic

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1150
• Professor: Victor Gulewitsch

Document Summary

Anthropology is the study of humankind in all times and places, they come from different societies and cultures. Museums, academic departments, and applied research influenced the develepment because early europeans refused to notice that despite their differences they shared a humanity with other people and were therefore uninterested in their histories. Shape govmt and are advocates for first nation people. Systematic study of humans as biological organisms. Major subfields: study of fossil remains of ancestors to reconstruct course of biological evolution study of biological / social nature of our closest relatives some anthros study present day people: paleoanthropology, primatology replying more on molecular methods. Archaeology study of material remains (usually from the past) to explain/describe human behavior. Excavate site where evidence of cultural activity is found. Painstaking: long days in field, long days in labs (cleaning, comparing, reconstructing past life, work at understanding human behavior beyond 5000 years.