ANTHRO 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Linguistic Anthropology, Forensic Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology
15 Sep 2016
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Physical anthropology = the study of humans and how their ancestors lived: answers why we are what we are. Anthropology = the study of humankind viewed from the perspectives of all people and all times. Cultural anthropology = the study of modern humans through the analysis of origins, evolution, and the variation of culture. Archaelogy = the story of pre-historic human population through remains. Linguistic anthropology = the original term for biological anthropology. Sociolinguists = the science of investigating ones language"s social contexts. More broad and comparative forensic anthropology the scientific examination of skeletons in hope of identifying the people whose bodies they came from earliest humans 6 8 million years ago genome = all genetic makeup. What makes humans diff from other primates: bipedalism (walking on two feet), nonhoning chewing (the way the chewing happens), complex material culture and tool use, hunting, speech, and dependence on domesticated foods.
