ANTH 1001 Chapter : Introduction To Anthropology
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Study of humankind in all times and places. Reduce ethnocentrism (the belief that your ethnicity is the center of the world, your way is the best way) Comparing the shape of teeth from one fossil to another) Study of customary patterns in human behavior, thought, and feelings. Describes, analyzes, interprets, and explains social and cultural similarities and differences. Study of human cultures through the recovery, analysis, and interpretation of material culture from past civilizations. Considered the cultural anthropology of the human past. Zoo archaeology, historic/prehistoric archaeology, cultural resource management, ethno archaeology, nautical archaeology. Allows people to preserve and transmit details of their culture from generation to generation. Systematic study of humans as biological organisms. Paleoanthropology: study of our fossil ancestors. Primatology: study of primate behavior and biology. Osteology: study of skeletal biology (physiology and morphology) Human variation and adaptation: understanding the relationship between human biology and the environment. Study the relationship between nutrition, health, and cultural practices.
