ANTH 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Laetoli, Dual Inheritance Theory, Linguistic Anthropology

• School: Ball State University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 105
• Professor: hogue

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After reading chapter 1, you should be able to . Identify the major research areas within physical/biological anthropology. Define anthropology and list its major subfields. Discuss the importance of the biocultural approach to the study of human evolution. Understand the scientific method and its application to physical anthropology. What is anthropology: anthropology is the study of humankind. Studies human culture and evolutionary aspects of human biology; it includes cultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology, and linguistics: it is derived from the greek words anthropos (human) and logos (study of). The study of humans: in the u. s. and some canadian universities, anthropology is divided into subfields, cultural (or social) anthropology, archaeology, physical (or biological) anthropology, linguistic anthropology, applied anthropology sometimes considered a fifth field. Practical use of anthropology to solve every day problems examples clothes sizes; mechanics and fitting human sizes (cars/machinery); forensic anthropology (working with the legal system)