ANT100Y1 Final: Study Notes on Biological Anthropology
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Anthropology = the global and holistic study of human culture and biology. Holistic = considering all aspects of the research subject. Biological anthropology = the study of human and non human primates in their biological and demographic dimensions: evolutionary anthrolpologists: Seek to answer questions about where we come from, who we are, and why were here. Pr i matology: scientific study of our closest extant biological relatives: non human primate species. Paleoant hropology: the multidisciplinary study of the biological evolution of humans and nonhuman primates. (ie. fossils, and investigating changes in human cultural activities, tool use, subsistence patters, disease, ect) H u man variat ion: to determine spatial and temporal variations in human features. M ed ical ant hropology: study of how social, environmental, and biological factors influence health and illness of individuals at the community, regional, national and global levels.
