ANTA02H3 : Key summary
Document Summary
Ethnography: the first-hand, personal study of local settings. It entails spending a year or more in another society, living with the local people and learning about their way of life. Anthropology: the study of the human species and its immediate ancestors. Holistic science: the study of the whole world of the human condition: past, present, and future; biology, society, language and culture. People share society organized life in groups with other animals. They are traditions and customs, transmitted though learning, that form and guide the beliefs and behaviour of the people that exposed to them. The most critical element of cultural tradition is their transmission through learning rather than through biological inheritance. Adaptation: the process by which organisms cope with environmental forces and stresses, both biologically and culturally. Food production: the cultivation of plants and domestication of animals, which originated some 12,000-10,000 years ago, to replace foraging in most areas. General anthropology: 4 fields: sociocultural, archaeological, biological, and linguistic anthropology.
