ARCH 131 Chapter 1, 3-10: ARCH 131 textbook + comic book notes

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Archaeology
• Course: ARCH 131
• Professor: Dennis Sandgathe

Document Summary

Anthropology = the study of humans in all times, situations, and places. Human evolution: binomials begin with the genus and ends with the species, genus = capitalized and italicized. Genetics: most directly connected with evolution, deals specifically with the mechanics and the signs of evolutionary change. Paleoanthropology: the study of the fossil evidence for signs of human evolution. Forensic anthropology: applies the methodologies and knowledges of physical anthropology, especially those related to bones and teeth, for legal purposes, identify the victim of a fatal crime. The scientific method: includes the following principles, observe. Induce general hypotheses or possible explanations for what we have observed: deduce specific things that must also be true if our hypothesis is true, test the hypothesis by checking out the deducted implications. Fact, theory, and hypothesis: fact = an observation that is true as far as we can determine the truth to be, theory = an explanation. Objective science is free from bias and prejudice.