ANTH 1002 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Prehistoric Archaeology, Historical Linguistics, Nonverbal Communication
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Ch 1 anthropology and the study of culture. Anthropology is the study of humanity, including prehistoric origins and contemporary human diversity. Biological/physical anthropology has 3 subfields: primatology, the study of primates (chimps, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans, etc, primatologists study primates in the wild and captivity. Homo sapiens emerged in africa 300,000-160,000 years ago. Covers broad geographic regions like old world (africa, europe, and. Asia) and new world (north, central, and south america) archaeology. An example of archaeology of the recent past is the garbage project in 1992, where an excavation of a landfill revealed the wasteful consumerist tendencies made apparent by the people in new york city. Linguistic anthropologists study formal and colloquial language and how that informs power structures locally, regionally, and internationally. Cultural anthropologists look at different cultures, and how cultures themselves change over time. They study people through immersion and living in different communities. Professor doesn"t see it as a separate field.
