ANTH 1001 : Exam 1 Study Guide
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The study of humankind in all times and places; totality of human experience. Study other cultures; field work; comparative discipline; holistic. Ethnocentrism idea that your beliefs/way of life are the best. Explain how all four of the subfields can be considered anthropology. It is a hypothesis or series of related hypotheses that have repeatedly been tested and not rejected. It utilizes the scientific method to make new breakthroughs and discoveries. Know the researchers we discussed in class that set the stage for darwin"s work, and know what their work entailed. Linneaus wrote systema naturae; founded taxonomy; lamarek theorized inheritance of acquired characteristics;malthus. More individual born than reach maturity; hutton uniformitarianism (earth shaped by same geological processes at work today & past. Fixity of species idea that species never change; have always been the same. Population is limited by food and available water; favorable variations tend to be preserved; results in formation of new species.
