ANT200H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter Week 10: Symmetry In Biology, Coprolite, Unmixed
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Successful adaptations allow organisms or culture to reproduce itself and survive from generation to generation. Human culture and technology are making human biological adaptations less important. Evolutionary ecology the application of the principles of biological selection to understanding how organisms adapt assumes cultures function like organisms: varying cultural practices are equivalent to biological variation, cultural behaviours are selected for or against depending on conditions. Tasminans used to exploit marine resources then suddenly stopped fishing 3500 years ago. This likely indicates an adaptive change subsistence systems are continually changing in response to conditions and needs the study of subsistence can provide information about past cultures. Documents and records help interpretation of differential access of subsistence goods + use and related technologies. Hunting/gathering/forager: focus on wild foods, plant foods are main part of diet with animal making a smaller portion, moved around based on knowledge of resource location.
