ANTA01H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Evolutionary Anthropology, Allele Frequency, Rosalind Franklin

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Anthropology is a global approach, and stretches of the early stages of human time. Longer time frame than history - includes from of communication without written language or formalized records. Includes all aspects of human beings (cultural and biological). Humans are the combined product of culture and biology. We all go through the process of enculturation. We are all products of our culture. Evolution has also made various anatomical, behavioural, and biological changes: increased brain size, development of language, reorganisation of neurological structures. E(cid:374)lighte(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t showed the place of humans in nature: it (cid:395)uestio(cid:374)ed the e(cid:454)te(cid:374)t to (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h the(cid:396)e e(cid:454)ists a k(cid:374)o(cid:449)a(cid:271)le o(cid:396)de(cid:396) to the (cid:374)atu(cid:396)al (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld. Human evolution: palaeo(cid:374)tolog(cid:455) (cid:894)stud(cid:455) of hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) fossils a(cid:374)d thei(cid:396) (cid:272)losest (cid:396)elati(cid:448)es(cid:895, paleop(cid:396)i(cid:373)atolog(cid:455) (cid:894)stud(cid:455) of (cid:374)o(cid:374)-human primate fossils, p(cid:396)i(cid:373)atolog(cid:455) (cid:894)stud(cid:455) of li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g (cid:374)o(cid:374)-human primates) Darwin: e(cid:448)olutio(cid:374) is des(cid:272)e(cid:374)t (cid:449)ith (cid:373)odifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374, (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges th(cid:396)ough ge(cid:374)e(cid:396)atio(cid:374, scottish naturalist named alfred russel wallace independently reached the same conclusion.