ANTH-2010 Final: Everything you need to know for the Final!
16 Jun 2016
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The study of human beings in all times and places. The skills obtained through anthropological study can be applied to life: special features of anthropology (tool kit/mechanism) Used by every anthropologist, but differently in some cases. Some use it to study primates primatology. Biological anthropologists study primates in their natural habitat. Archaeology: actual hard evidence to see how humanity changes throughout time. Live with the people that they study, talk to them, notice their behavior. Bene t: listening, watching, using observation as well as interviewing to understand their perspective. Additionally, more personal as a result of being in the eld. Contrast that develops as a result of. We also need to step back and objectively look at it. We need to balance emic with etic- outsider"s perspective. Contrast between seeing human beings as biological organisms and social. There is something different about human beings, so we"re interested in what makes humans different.
