Anthropology

Unit test for anthropology

The study of human societies, cultures, ancient ancestors, history, evolutions and their development.

Anthropology

A branch of anthropology that focuses on the culture of other ethnicities, social manners, and beliefs, and how they grow.

Cultural Anthropology

The study of the anatomy and behaviors our closest living relatives (Primates).

Primatology

The study of human remains applied to a legal context.

Forensic Anthropology

The study of bones and stone remains of our ancient ancestors.

Paleoanthropology

• Lives 4.4 Mya

• Has more Chimp like features

• May have walked upright

Ardipithecus ramidus

• Lived 4.2-3.9 Mya

• Some chimp like features

• Characteristics of its tibia show that it was bipedal

Australopithecus anamensis

• Lived 3.9-2.9 Mya

• Known for the famous "Lucy" specimen

• Walked upright and had both ape-like and human-like traits.

A. afaraensis

The study of the origins and culture of different races and people.

Ethnology

creator of theory of evolution by natural selection,

Charles Darwin

British primatologist known for studying chimpanzees in Tanzania. She discovered that chimps make tools and have complex social behaviors.

Jane Goodall

father of American anthropology, promoted cultural relativism, and emphasized fieldwork. Cultural relativism is to view someones beliefs through their own culture and not through the western point

Franz Boas

Austrian Monk, father of genetics and discovered laws of hereditary through pea plants

Gregor Mendel

Cultural Anthropologist, her work in Samoa challenged western views on sexuality and gender roles.

Margret Mead

theory of cultural evolution, Culture is staring evolution from savage, barbaric then to civilized.

Lewis Henry Morgan

Donald Johason

A paleoanthropologist

Found a skeleton in Ethiopia, and nicknamed it Lucy, the species name Australopithecus afarensis.

What is Variation?

The genetic differences between people and populations

Why is Variation essential for a species to survive.

Variation is essential because if there is a change in the environment all the individuals of the species is only used to the old environment they will go extinct, but if some species are able to overcome the change they will reproduce and pass on the traits.

Dian Fossey

Primatologists, studied mountain gorillas in Rwanda, and protected them from poaching

Birtue Galdikas

Primatologist who studied Orangutans and also protected them from poachers

Sue Savage-Rumbaugh

Primatologist, her research on language and communication in apes and taught one to use letters.

Napoleon Chagnon

Anthropologist who studied of the Yanomami people, and showed them as fearless

Marvin Harris

anthropologist made the term cultural materialism, and said culture is shaped due to the physical conditions of the world.

Diamond Jenness

Anthropologist known for their work with Inuit people.

Raymond Dart

anthropologist who discovered the Taung Child in South Africa.

Louis Leakey

Paleontologist, contributions to the study of evolution. and his work with eh three pimatologists

Richard Lee

Anthropologist known for !kung people in africa

Louis and Mary Leakey

Louis and Mary Leakey

Noam Chomsky

An Example of Variation

P. Boisei had a specialized diet, when their food source went extinct, they did too. Homo Habilis scavenged for meat and ate anything.

2^nd example of variation

Darwin's finches developed distinct beak shapes adapted to their specific food sources, increasing their chances of survival and preventing extinction of their species.

3^rd example of variation

Neanderthals, lived in Europe and some parts of Asia, Europe has a colder climate, because of that they were stocky, heavier and had bigger noses

4^th example of variation

sapiens, lived in Africa, which had a warm and dry climate. They were taller had coil hair, and darker to skin to and less body hair to regulate body temp.

What makes us Human

We are human because we are bipedal, have complex big brains and think beyond just the present.

How would a physical anthropologist define that.

A physical Anthropologist, would define us by the physical distinctions like how we walk on two legs and, have large complex brains.

How would a cultural Anthropologist say it

Would define them as from social behavior, cultural practices and languages and our religions.

Successful adaptation 1

My first semester was a lot more easier than this semester, so I wasn’t taking it as serious as i should have been but then when I saw my grades I knew I needed to change, so I looked online and researched how to study and is now stuyding better

Successful adaptation 2

My friend wanted to join a basketball team, but realized how bad he was, he started practicing everyday knowing he would have to try twice has hard to get to the same ellevel, eventually he made the team and was one of the best teams.