ANTH 1150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Medical Anthropology, Glottochronology, Linguistic Description
16 Jan 2017
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Humans are mammals and members of the animal kingdom. Paleontology study the various stages of human evolution. Primatology study of human"s link to primates. Medical anthropology studies health, nutrition, illness and disease. Recognizes that there is already an indigenous medical system in place in most cultures synchronized western medicine with it. Forensic anthropology identification of human skeletal remains for legal and criminological purposes (combines physical anthro, archeology and csi) To solve various human problems using anthropology. Archeology understand the adaptative patterns and environmental adjustments of past societies socially. Stratigraphy reconstruct location of the artifacts both spatially and soil depths. Carbon 14 method: determines a date using radioactive degradation. Linguistic anthropology methods of verbal and written communication important. Descriptive linguistics the way languages are put together (cid:523)sound units [alphabet] Phonology basic sound units of a language, not the alphabet. Historical linguistics the way language changes over time.
