ANTH 1001 : Exam 1
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Biocultural approach bio biology recognizes the relationship between humans have inherited genetically and what they learn culturally. We are a solution of our genes and what we learn. Holistic - something that is concerned with a whole system. Anthro is holistic because it has the biocultural approach. It takes everything into consideration to examine people. Anthropology is comparative: anthropologist draw comparisons by looking at more than one culture (cross. Yanomomy call themselves the humans don"t even see outsiders as humans. Cultural relativism a view that considers human interactions and behaviors within their own cultural context. The way we define marriage is one man and one women. Some states want to recognize marriages of the people of the same sex. Looking at the world the most common form of marriage is palegony which means one man married to multiple women. Polyandry one women married to multiple men or marries into a family of brothers.
