Anthropology 👳🏾👵🏽👴🏼👨🏾👱🏼👩🏼

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things anthropologists do

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describe analyze and explain different cultures

show how humans have adapted to their enviros

and given meaning to their lives

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anthropologists focus on

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• the elements in culutre
• the relationship between these elements
• the relationship of culture to biology and the environment
• they want to understand human beings as a whole organism who adapt to their environment through a complex interaction of biologyand culture

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holistic approach

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the belief that the while is greater than the sum of its parts

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4 fields of anthro

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biological
linguistic
archaeological
cultural

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cultural anthropology

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the study of human culture and society

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society

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a group of epople who depend on each other for survival or wellbeing

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define culture

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the major way in which humans adapt to their environments and give meaning to their lives

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linguistic anthropology define

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th study of communication between people

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subfields of linguistic anthropology

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historical
structural
sociolinguistics

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historical linguistics

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study of how language changes overtime

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structural limguistics

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the study of how contemporary language differs in terms of formal structure

ex texting vs english essay

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sociolinguistics

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the study of how language including nonverbal communication is determined by social context

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archaeology

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the study of past cultures through their remains

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two types of archaeology

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prehistoric

historic

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prehistoric

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human cultures before written records

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historical

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human cultures WITH written records

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define artifact

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any object that has been made used or altered by humans

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biological anthropology

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the study of humans as biological organisms including evolution and contemporary ……..

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subfields of biological anthro

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primatolgy
paleoanthology
contemporary biological variation

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primatology

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the study of nonhuman mammals called primates

• small nocturnal creatures
• gorillas

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paleoanthropology

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the study of human evolution on the basis of fossil record

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contemporary human biological variation

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seeks to explain differences in biological makeup of contemporary humans

DNA, Body size and shape, human nutrition growth and development

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ethnography

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major research tool of cultural anthropology, incl both fieldwork among people in the society and descriptive accnts of cultures

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fieldwork

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the first hand intensive , systematic explanation of a culture, occurs with participant observation

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participant observation

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researcher participates in life of group/subject

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anthropology

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the comparative study of human cultures and societies ad their development