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Chapter 1 Outline

Chapter 1 Outline. What is Anthropology? Fields of Anthropology Cultural Anthropology Archaeology Linguistic Anthropology Physical Anthropology Physical Anthropology and the Scientific Method The Anthropological Perspective. Hominids. Humans are hominids- bipedal apes.

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Chapter 1 Outline

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  1. Chapter 1 Outline • What is Anthropology? • Fields of Anthropology • Cultural Anthropology • Archaeology • Linguistic Anthropology • Physical Anthropology • Physical Anthropology and the Scientific Method • The Anthropological Perspective

  2. Hominids • Humans are hominids- bipedal apes. • Taxonomic family Hominidae. • Order- Primates: prosimians, monkeys and apes. • Bipedalism, walking on two legs, is a critical feature of the hominids.

  3. religion values gender roles marriage and family Culture Strategies humans use to adapt to their environment: • technologies • subsistence patterns • housing types • clothing Culture & Evolution • Over time, cultural and biology interacted. • Humans are said to be the result of bioculturalevolution.

  4. Cultural Anthropology • Studies all aspects of human behavior. • Subfields: • Urban anthropology • Medical anthropology relationship between culture and health.

  5. Archaeology • Material remains/culture recovered from earlier cultures. • Information about culture- artifacts left by early hominids. • How does it relate to Physical Anthropology?

  6. Linguistic Anthropology • Origin of language and speech. • Language- a unique human characteristic? • Relationship between culture and language: • How do members of a society perceive phenomena? • How does the use of language shape perceptions?

  7. Physical Anthropology • Study of human biology in the framework of evolution. • Subfields: • Paleoanthropology: human evolution • Anthropometry: measurement of body parts • Primatology: nonhuman primates • Osteology: study of skeletons

  8. Evolution • A change in the genetic makeup of a population from one generation to the next. • Genetic alterations within populations: microevolution. • Genetic change resulting in the appearance of a new species: macroevolution.

  9. Physical Anthropologyand the Scientific Method • State the research problem. • Develop a hypothesis. • Test the hypothesis through data collection and analysis. • If the hypothesis is verified, it becomes a theory. Must be open to tested over time (has not been proven false)

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