ANTH 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Earnest Hooton, Human Evolution, Franz Boas
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Anthropology: study of humankind, viewed from perspective of al people and all times. Culture: learned behavior that is transmitted from person to person; is the unifying theme. Cultural: present day societies in non-western settings (africa, south am. , australia) of study in cultural anthropology. Archaeology: material remains (artifacts) from past societies; study the processes behind past human behaviors. Language: set of written or spoken symbols that refer to things other than themselves. Linguistic: construction and use of language by societies; transfer of knowledge between people. Biological/physical: present and past human biology; evolution and variation among human beings and living or past relatives. Humans are bioculutral [ both biolodical and cultural beings] Biological approach: interrelationship between biology and culture. Anthro emphasizes a broad comparative approach to bio and culture (holistic view) Study of human biological evolution and human biocultural variation: everyone is a product of evolutionary history; biological changes that brought humanity to current form.
