ANTH101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Polynesians, Biological Anthropology, Applied Anthropology
23 Dec 2016
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Is the study of people, past and present. Holistic- involves all people, approach perspective of entirety, all aspects act accordingly. Interested in groups, change and is comparative. Cultural anthropology- focuses on groups in the contemporary world, (study of groups that were alive when anthropologists studied them) Archaeology- study of people that are dead, prehistoric sites, preservations, material remains. Physical or biological anthropology- studied the physics/ biological aspects of members of different groups, variations, homonade evolution. Focus on how physical/biological characteristics have changed throughout time. Applied anthropology- trying to solve problems in the contemporary world. Puts it to practical use, advocate/ instigator of change. Culture how people are able to adapt or survive in their environment. Specific: way of life of a specific group of people. General: learned and shared beliefs and behaviors that make up the major instrument of human adaptation. Biological adaptation, culture provides knowledge from birth. Pervasive- your culture affects everything about you.
