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Why study anthropology?

Why study anthropology?. Because it helps us answer… What is human nature? From culture to culture, are we more alike or more different? Which is greater: that which unites us or that which divides us?. In this unit…. What is the relationship between the environment and culture?

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Why study anthropology?

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  1. Why study anthropology? Because it helps us answer… • What is human nature? • From culture to culture, are we more alike or more different? Which is greater: that which unites us or that which divides us?

  2. In this unit… • What is the relationship between the environment and culture? • How does a culture’s subsistence strategy affect cultural norms and values and other patterns of behavior?

  3. Human Adaptation Humans adapt to their environment in two ways: • Biologically • Culturally

  4. Cultural Ecology • Definition: • How is cultural ecology related to cultural materialism?

  5. Five Major Food Gathering Strategies • Food collection: collecting vegetation, hunting animals, and fishing. • Horticulture: plant cultivation with simple tools and small plots of land, relying solely on human power. • Pastoralism: keeping domesticated animals and using their products as a major food source.

  6. Five Major Food Gathering Strategies • Agriculture: horticulture using animal or mechanical power and some form of irrigation. • Industrialization: production of food through complex machinery.

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