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What is Anthropology?

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The study of humans

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What do Anthropologists study?

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They study the biological and social past and present of humanity

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What does Anthropology explore?

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Cultural diversity, human origins, past human societies, and human languages

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Why are humans so diverse?

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Because people have adapted to the environment physically and socially

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Holism

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How everything interacts and influences each other
The parts of the system that interconnect and interact to make up the whole

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____, _____, _____, _____ are four key approaches that anthropologists use to do their research

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Holism, Comparison, Dynamism, and Fieldwork

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What do anthropologists compare?

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They compare and contrast data to see what we have in common and how we’ve changed over time

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Dynamism

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Ability to change/adapt
How we are able to adapt to survive as a species

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Fieldwork

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Zhang Qian

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One of the first people to study and document cultural differences and introduce these differences (such as Buddhism) into Chinese culture through travel

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Ibn Battuta

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One of the first people to write his own cultural observations aka pre-anthro

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Age of Discovery

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European Colonization (exploitation and political work)

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Ethnocentrism

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The belief that one’s culture is better than others

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Age of Enlightenment

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An era where science was used to question authority and religion

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Charles Lyell

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A geologist who discovered the earth must have gradually changed over time

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Herbert Spencer

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He was inspired by using scientific methods to understand social evolution (the idea that societies have become larger and more complex over time

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Lewis Henry Morgan

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Said societies progress through the same stage development: savagery-barbarism-civilization
Falsely stated that societies are more “advanced” through their technological development

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Participant Observation Fieldwork

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Method of immersive long standing fieldwork that current anthropologists use

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Franz Boas

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Founder of American Anthropology

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Cultural Anthropology

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focuses on similarities and differences among living societies. Remove their biases to understand others

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Cultural Relativism

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The idea that cultures differ but are not better or worse than each other

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Margaret Mead

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Believes Socialization plays more of a role than nature in terms of child development

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Indigenous

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Native people who know about the environment through prolonged exposure

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What are the anthropological subdisciplines?

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Archoelogy, Cultural Anthro, Biological Anthropology, and Linguistic Anthropology

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Bronislaw Malinowski

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Revised what Lewis Morgan said and claimed that cultures that seem backward are not but every culture and is designed to fulfill the social and biological needs of people. All societies use religion and science.

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Emile Durkheim

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Explained how religion is a set of practices and beliefs to sacred things. Code of Morality

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Belief

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Relies on trust and faith

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Human Biology

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How the human body is affected by different physical environments, cultural influences, and and nutrition

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Human Variation

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Physiological differences among humans around the world

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Human Adaptation

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Physiological responses and genetic advantages populations have to survive

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Scientific Method

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What scientists use to prove something is true or not

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Jean Piget

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kids are curious by nature hence natural scientists

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Maria Montessori

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Was interested in how kids learn and developed her own teaching/learning method

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Natural Processes, Phenomenons, and forces

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Things that can be proven with a scientific explanation

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Why does science exclude the supernatural from study?

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It’s hard to prove the supernatural with the scientific method

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Hypothesis

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An educated guess/explanation why something is or isn’t the way it is (scientists use this for directing their research)

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Testable

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It can be proven true or false using the scientific method

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Empirical

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Experience that is valid because you can observe it

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What is an effective scientific study?

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It has accurate and precise data

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Self Correcting

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The process where scientists each other to keep themselves accountable

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Scholarly Peer Review

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Informal and Formal scientific collaboration

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Is the scientific method circular or linear? Why or why not?

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Circular because it’s a back-and-forth process

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Scientific Process Steps

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Observations -> Hypothesis->Predictions->Test->Hypothesis Supported or Rejected

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Theory

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Series of wide phenomena that explain why certain things occur

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Law

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Explains if x happens then y will happen. Predicts what will happen under certain circumstances.

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Knowledge System

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system of knowledge that is shared by a group of people that explains why certain things happen

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Subfields

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Subarea.
Ex: Archeology is the specialization of anthro

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Subdiscipline

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Subareas. For example Molecular Anthro is a subarea of biological anthro

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What are the four subfields of Anthro?

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Cultural Anthro, Biological, Archeology, and Linguistic

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What are the subdisciplines of Biological Anthro?

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Primatology, Paleoanthroapology, Bioarcheology, Molecular Anthro, Forensic, and Human Bio

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What is Primatology?

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The study of anatomy, behavior, ecology, and genetics of living and extinct non human primates (apes, monkeys, and lemurs).

52
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Dian Fossey

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She studied gorillas and found out gorillas are human like

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Karen B. Strier

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Discovered 60% of primates are endangered

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How can the study of non human primates impact humans?

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It can help us understand how a similar species evolved which can give us insights into our own evolution

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Paleoanthropology

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Study human ancestors from the distant past to learn how, why, and where they evolved. Study of human fossils.

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Hominem

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Human ancestors/fossil relatives

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Bipedal

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Walking on two feet

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Donald C. Johnson

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Discovered a 3.2 million fossil in 1974

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Australopithecus Afrarensis

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Transitional species

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Molecular Anthropology

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Uses molecular techniques to compare and contrast ancient and modern populations of human and non human principles

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Denisovans

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Genes that help modern day humans survive

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Neanderthals

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DNA that is used to create modern-day humans (newly discovered species). Also, Denisovans as well are new.

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How do humans differ in comparison to primates?

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We have a 2-4% difference in comparison to primates

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Bioarcheology

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They study human skeletons and materials around the remains. This helps them understand how people lived and died.

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Otzi

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Very well preserved man frozen in the Alps

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H. pylori

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The bacteria Otzi died from is similar to modern-day diseases in Asia

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Forensic Anthropology

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Used to figure out cause of death usually for crimes. Helpful for unidentified individuals.

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Where is Forensic Anthro used?

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Law enforcement and crime scenes

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Biological Anthropology

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Study of human origins, evolution, and variation. Some focus on primates while others focus on extinct humans.

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Nina Jablonksi

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Skin Pigmentation

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Hominins

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Modern day humans

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Jane Goodall

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Discovered primates are just as smart and engaged in field based research

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Applied Anthro

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practical knowledge (uses theories, methods, and findings to solve world problems in every kind of setting)

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Paul Farmer

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used historical, social, medical, and political knowledge to treat Haitians

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Physical Anthropology

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Earlier name of biological anthro

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Why is the name physical anthro not used anymore?

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Because the name is focused on physical variation of humans and used to rank humans by race. Also, we now know that biological, molecular, and the environment affect humans so once those were added to the field then the name changed to reflect those changes.

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Phillipe Bourgois

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Believed that the individual and social inequity can trap people in drugs and poverty

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Linguistic Anthropology

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How language affects humans

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Sapir Whorf Hypothesis

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Based on the language you speak, it changes how you perceive/think about the world.

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Who founded the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?

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Benjamin Whorf,

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Why did Ekkehart Malotki critique Benjamin’s theory?

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She felt some elements like time are universal and the perception of time isn’t as pronounced as Whorf thought

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Archeology

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Focuses on materials from the past to understand humanity

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What’s the difference between prehistoric and historic archeologists?

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Prehistoric focuses on past socities
Historic focuses on present/recent societies

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Prehistoric Archeology

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They focus on societies that lacked a writing system because they want to understand those types of societies. And they do this by analyzing the artifacts they’ve left behind.

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Excavation

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a method of careful digging and removing dirt to uncover material remains while recording their content

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Kathleen Kenyon

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One of the first female archeologists working in a male dominated field.

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Historical Archeologists

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Study recent societies

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Garbage Project

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Contemporary landfill treated as a historical site to figure out why and how the victims died the way they did.

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What’s the difference between a subfield and a subdiscipline?

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Subdiscipline: four major areas of focus that make up anthro.
Subfield: sub specializations of a specific area. Ex: primatology is a subfield of bio anthro

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How is science different from other ways of knowing?

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It relies on empirical data

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