ANTH 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Molecular Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Woolly Mammoth
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Anthropology- the study of humankind in a cross-cultural context. Sociocultural anthropology- the study of human societies in a cross cultural perspective- people go out and live with other people to view interaction and day to day life, a social perspective. Archaeology- study of material remains, artifacts, of past human cultures, what humans make and then discard. Linguistic anthropology- study of one aspect of human culture- language- and its origins, structure and use. Biological anthropology- study of humans as biological organisms with an evolutionary framework. Primatology- field study of going out and studying primate populations in their environments, field observations- social, ecological etc. Paleoanthropology- study of the ancient record of human history with paleontology- digging up bones- field work to look at human evolution. Skeletal biology and paleopathology- human skeletons and how tissues are put together, understand how bones become part of fossil record- paleopathology can look at diseases in bones like arthritis.
