ANT100Y1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Zygosity, Transfer Rna, Speciation
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Anthropology: the global and holistic study of the human culture and biology. Socio-cultural anthro- comparative study of human cultures and societies. Linguistic and semiotic anthro- focuses on how language and other systems of human communication contribute to the reproduction, transmission, and transformation of culture. Archaeology- the scientific study of the material evidence of human activities in the past. Medical anthro- focuses on human health and its relationship with culture, behaviour, and biology. Biological anthro- the study of human and non-human primates in their biological and demographic dimensions. Evolutionary anthro- the application of modern evolutionary theory to studies of the morphology, ecology, and behaviour of primates. Holistic: considering all aspects of the research subject. Non-human primate- any primate that is not a human. Morphology- the study of the form and structure of organisms. Ecology- the study of interrelationships of organisms and their environment (cid:498)nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution(cid:499)
