Chapter 1

Question 1

Anthropology

Answer 1

the study of human societies and cultures and their development.

4 branches; Cultural (looking @ humans and what they do in world. Past + present) Archaeology (culture anth of past, trying to understand the past), linguistic (smallest sub-field, unique trait of human language), Biological anth.

Question 2

Biological Anth

Answer 2

Study of human biological evolution and biocultural variation. 2 concepts: all humans are products of ; evolutionary hist. and their individual histories.

Question 3

6 events that make humans diff.

Answer 3

1 Bipedalism (6 mya; changes; heat conservation, see landscape, find food, carry infants, slow but good endurance in heat)
2 Loss of honing canine (5.5 mya; symbolizes diff interaction w env. other ways to threaten, eat and diff jaw shape)
3 TOOLS! (2.6 mya; dependance is what makes us human, useless claws and teeth)
4 Hunting (1 mya?; used to be scavengers, no big game hunting until later; meat = good for brain development)
5 Speech (2 mya?; hard to study if no writing, hyoid bone = shape of tongue = supports muscles = voice box + vocal chords)
6 Domestication of food supply (10,000 yrs ago; storing it, controlling it, Planting food = rise in sendentary-ness = rise in tech. and culture)