ANT100Y1 : ch 1_

• School: UTSG
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT100Y1
• Professor: Christopher Watts

Document Summary

Study of how our closest extant biological relatives: non-human primate species. The multidisciplinary study of the biological evolution of humans and non- human primates. They investigate the advent of and changes in human cultural activities, including tool use, subsidence patterns, and disease. Also investigate the evolutionary history of behavior in human and non- human primates. Determine spatial and temporal variations in human features. All humans are members of one species, called homo sapiens. The study of how social, environmental, and biological factors influence health and illness of individuals at the community, regional, national, and global levels, is a recent addition to evolutionary anthropology. Investigate spatial and temporal variations in human survival, disease, and health disparity. Seek to determine the age, sex, stature, ancestry, and any trauma or disease of the deceased. 3 types of research: descriptive, casual, and applied. Charles darwin and the theory of natural selection. Applied himself to determining how species evolved.