Module 1 Flashcards
How are humans able to be everywhere?
Because we can manipulate our environment
Biologically, what are humans?
Bipedal/hominid and175,000-200,000 years old,
What is bipedal/hominid?
Stand on two legs
What is anthropology?
The study of humankind, past, and present.
How is anthropology different from other sciences?
It study’s humans in context rather than individual
What is cultural anthropology?
Study of the culture of present day societies
What is ethnography
Collection of qualities data about beliefs, values, and social behaviors
What is archaeology
Study of past human societies, usually through artifacts
What is linguistic anthropology
Study of the construction and use of language
What is sociolinguistics
How social contexts influence the way people use language
What is the bicultural concept
Your biological makeup is influenced both by your inherited genes and your environment
Is culture fully formed at birth according to genes and race?
No it’s through experience and interactions
Human variation is influenced by
Genes (evolutionary past) and environment (learning)
Biology does ___ determine a groups culture
NOT
What is the order that humans started to become humans
Bipedalism, use of tools, speech, hunting,language, domestication of plants and animals
