ANTH 1001 : Physical Anthropology 1001 Exam 1 Notes
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For reference and if skip: *also we will look into a biological perspective, class divided into 3 units, 1. Fossil record/ new world: no homework!, 3 tests (including final) are non-cumulative, bring your own: small scantron. 8/20/2012 4:32:00 pm: -kd is ellen and kallen, carly is to my right, *460 howe russell is the ta"s office building office, anthropology, the study of people (broad definition) Anthropologist study what it means to be human . Holistic: (reference to medicine/ treating the whole system of mind and body) anthropology is concerned with a whole system rather than individual parts. Comparative (cross-cultural): (look at different people groups and make comparisons/ what does it mean to be human through similarities and patterns) Ethnocentric: a belief in the superiority of one"s own culture (my way is right, and everyone else is wrong/ more broad cultural term than racist/ everyone in most cultures think with a slight ethnocentric state of mind).
