Chapter 1 Flashcards
Anthro
Man, Human.
Logos
Study
5 Subdivisions of Anthropology
Biological (Physical), Linguistics, Archaeology, Ethnology, Applied.
Human Variation
How and why contemporary human populations vary biologically.
Human Paleontology or Paleoanthropology
Questions about the emergence of humans and their later evolution.
Primatology
Study of behavior and evolution of our closest relatives;
Archaelogy
The study of past cultures, primarily through their material remains.
Anthropological Linguistics
The anthropological study of languages
Ethnology
The study of existing and recent cultures
Applied Anthropology
Concerned with making anthropological knowledge useful.
Cultural Relativism
Understanding other groups different from ourselves in order to have less reason to condemn them for strange behaviors that appears strange for us.