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Intro to Physical Anthropology
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Syllabus redtapeRequired Text: Jurmain R, Kilgore L, & W Trevathan. 2016. Essentials of Physical Anthropology. (10th edition). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
First chapter is available on Google Books.
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Anthropology: studies human culture and the evolutionary aspects of human biology.
Four main subfields:
Cultural anthropology
Linguistic anthropology
Archaeology
Physical anthropology
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Cultural anthropologyCultural anthropologists study patterns of belief and behavior in modern and historic societies.
Culture: learned behaviors transmitted over generations non-genetically.
Ethnographies: descriptive studies of human societies.
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Linguistic anthropologyLinguistic anthropologists study the interactions between speech, language, and culture (e.g., role of symbols in society).
-Compare/contrast languages to trace their historical ties
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ArchaeologyArchaeologists study the material remains of past societies.
-Analyze artifacts: objects made or modified for use by humans.
-Excavate in order to gain info about human behavior.
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Applied anthropology: practical application of anthropological and archaeological theories and methods
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Physical anthropologyPhysical anthropologists: study human biology and behavior in an evolutionary context-Explain variation in human adaptations
AKA biological anthropology-Reflects modern shift towards using genetics, evolution, etc.
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Subfields of physical anthropologyPrimatologists: study nonhuman primate biology and behavior
-Use the comparative approachPrimates: taxonomic order including monkeys, apes, and humans.
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Subfields of physical anthropologyPaleoanthropologists: study hominin anatomical and behavioral evolution in the fossil record.
Osteology: the study of skeleton structure and function
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Subfields of physical anthropology
Paleopathology: studies trauma, disease, nutritional deficiency, and other traces of pathology in ancient human remains.
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Subfields of physical anthropology
Forensic anthropologists apply archaeological and osteological methods to legal matters.
-Identify and analyze skeletal remains that have legal significance.
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Important vocabEvolution: change in the genetic structure of a population from one generation to the next.
Microevolution: small genetic changes occurring within a population.
Macroevolution: when genetic changes accumulate over time causing the appearance of a new species.
Adaptations: the result of evolutionary change.
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Important vocabHomo sapiens: scientific name for our species.
Species: group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
Bipedalism: habitually walking on two feet.
Hominins: members of the evolutionary lineage that includes modern Homo sapiens and all extinct bipedal relatives.
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Physical anthropologyPhysical anthropologists: study human biology and behavior in an evolutionary context
-Explain variation in human adaptations
AKA biological anthropology-Reflects modern shift towards using genetics, evolution, etc.
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