ANT210H5 Final: ANT210 Finals Review
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What is archaeology: study of humans and their past ways of life by examining the remains, artifacts, and evidence of those lifeways, often recovered from the ground or from underwater. Belief in the unbelievable: so essentially, more than one-third of the sample believed in ghosts and nearly one-quarter had seen one. At the same time, nearly half believed in. Esp (extra sensory perception) and just a little shy of that believed in ufos and extraterrestrial aircraft: high levels of belief in things like esp, ufos, and angels are not restricted to the united states. Some of their adherents dabble in archaeology, trying to prove the validity of their religious beliefs or claims through the discovery of archaeological evidence. The difference between science and non-science (pg 33-44): testability. A few definitions: credulous: a synonym is gullible, skeptical: a synonym is questioning mind, cynical: a synonym is pessimist, apophenia:
