ANTA01H3 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Primate, Phylogenetics, Zygote
12 Oct 2018
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Anthro is the study of human species, its immediate ancestors and relatives. Integrates all that is known about human beings and their activities at the highest level. Properties of a system cannot be determined based on individual components. Holism in anthro is when we try to integrate all that is known about human beings and their activities. Study of nonhuman primates (closest living relatives of humans) Search for fossilized remains of early ancestors. Study of language structure meaning and history. Studied by relating its forms to their cultural contexts. Use culture to adapt to and transform the world we inhibit. Soc. anthro concerned with social institutions, kinship, and political organization. Concerned with local cultural realities, language, arts, historical realities among first nations and american indians. Anthropology is the integrated study of human nature, human society, and human history humans= social and biological beings culture= scientific concept that we use to understand human condition and human diversity (biocultural approach)
