ANTA01H3 Final: ANTA01 textbook notes for the entire year
30 Jun 2012
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Anthropologists are interested in all aspects of humanity anatomy, physiology, humanities etc. Took so long b/c of the limits of human technology at the time and geographical restrictions -> Anthropological studies in canada began in the 18th and 19th centuries. Father lafitau was a jesuit missionary who lived with the iroquois whose firsthand observations. Anthropology: the study of humankind in all places and in all times. Works of anthropological sig have considerable antiquity but not until the recently has anthropology become a distinct field. Division of anthropology within the geological survey of canada was created in 1911 and the first lecturer was appointed in 1925 it couldn"t flourish until one could easily travel to observe different cultures and ppl. It was with the encounter with hitherto unknown ppl, which came as europeans sought to extend their trade and political domination to all parts of the world, that focuses attention on human differences.
