ANTH 1001 Chapter : Anthropology 1001
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Biocultural approach- perspective taken down trying to understand humans. Ethnocentric- belief in superiority of one"s own ethnic group or culture. Cultural relativism- viewing a culture in its own historical and environmental context. Four subfields: linguistic anthropology- study the use of language, sociological anthropology- study of behavior, archaeology- study of older things. Culture- learned behavior passed down through generations, distinct between people. Includes rituals, spirituality, kinship, dynamics of power, attitudes towards healthcare, goods and entertainment. 11:21 pm: archaeology- study of material remains of a culture, biological anthropology- study of human biological evolution, and human biocultural variation. Inheritance of acquired characteristics: characteristics acquired during a lifetime can be inherited by offspring. 11:27 pm: georges cuvier, catastrophism- periodically catastrophic events would happen that would wipe out all living things, charles lyell, uniformitarianism- geological processes in the past are still at work in the present. *james hutton came up with this 100 years earlier. As a result, the landscape is constantly changing.
