Thursday, February 9, 2012

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-Hominins come from our own species homo sapiens. They were the first people that roamed north Tanzania.
-footprints were found showing that two individuals one smaller than the other and walking side by side
-bipedally: on two feet walking habitually on two legs
-species: group of organisms at can in tee reed to produce fertile offspring.
-anthropology: field of inquiry that studies human culture and evolutionary aspects of human biology;includes cultural, archaeology, linguistic and physical
Primates: members of the order of mammals primates including lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys and humans
-some humans have thoughts about what other species think and what they're feeling are and why do some chips look like us
-evolution: a change in the genetic structure of a population. Term used to the appearance of a new species
-adaption: becoming use to ones surroundings
-genetic: study of gene structure and actions of patterns of inheritance of traits from parent to offspring
-culture: behavioural aspects of human adaption (technology, traditions, language, religion, marriage and social roles)
-worldview: general culture orientation or perspective shared by members of a society
-culture isn't passed on from one generation to the next
-culture is learned, begins at birth
-humans are products of culture
-humans are the results of long term interactions between biology and culture: bicultural evolution
-bicultural evolution: mutual interaction evolution of Hunan biology and culture; the concept that biology makes culture possible and that developing culture further influences the direction of biological evolution; basic concept in understanding the unique components of human evolution
-applied anthropology: applying anthropology and archaeological threes and techniques
-4 main subfields: cultural or social, anthropology; linguistic anthropology; archeology; and physical or biological, anthropology
-cultural anthropology: study of global patterns of belief and behavior found in human cultures in the past and present
-ethnographies: detailed descriptive studies of human societies. Study of non-western society
-subsistence strategies: activities and behavioral patterns aimed at obtaining food. Hunting, gathering wild plant foods, agriculture and raising domesticated animals for meat and other products
-linguistic anthropology: study of human languages and speech. Origins of the language in general as well as specific languages
-examining similarities between contemporary languages, linguistic could possibly trace historical ties between languages and groups of languages
-archaeology: study of earlier cultures and life ways by anthropologists who are trained in the scientific recovery, analysis, and interpretation of remains of past societies
-collect information from artefacts and structures left behind by earlier societies
-sites are excavated to have knowledge about the human behaviour back than
-archaeological research questions will usually focus on specific localities or peoples and attempt to identify
-archaeology also is to identify sites that have remains of extinct species like dinosaurs or hominins
-physical anthropology: the origins of modern species and human variation
-paleoanthropology: study of anatomical and behavioral human evolution shown in fossils
-primate paleontology: subset of paleoanthropology. Study of the primate fossil record which extends back to the beginning of primate evolution 65 million years ago
-paleontologists are learning about diet or locomotion in other species
-in extinct species they can try and identify aspects of behavior
-anthropometry: measurement of human body parts
-DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid): double stranded molecule that contains the genetic code, main component of chromosomes
-osteology: study of skeletal material
-paleopathology: branch of osteology that studies the evidence of disease and injury in human skeletal remains from archaeological sties
-forensic anthropology: application of anthropological (osteological, archaeological) techniques to legal issues
-F.A. help identify skeletal remains in situations where a human body has been found
-anatomy: organisms, bones and teeth are intimately linked to the soft tissues that surround and act on them
-primatology: study of living nonhuman primates
-primate species are threatened or endangered
-biocultural anthropology: medical and nutritional anthropology
-cultural part, cultural attributes (gender, religion or ideology), diet and health
-food is a way of expressing identity is another way of cultural anthropology
-health is a product of biological and cultural environments & heritage
-applied anthropology: practical application of anthropological theories and methods outside the academic setting
-applied anthropology relies on research and theories of academic anthropology
-biomedical anthropology research topics: population variation to disease, relationship between genes, environment, diet and health and evolutionary history of disease

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