ANT203: Introduction to Anthropology Week One Content

What are the four sub-disciplines of anthropology

Sociocultural antrhopology, linguistic anthropology, archaeology, evolutionary anthropology

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Evolution, and hominid

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Modernity, and environment

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Homo sapiens, and evolutionary

What are the methodologies used in sociocultural anthropology and linguistic anthropology?

Participant-observer, and ethnographic research

What are the methodologies used in archaeology?

Examination of material remains (e.g., tools structure, biomaterial)

What are the methodologies used in evolutionary anthropology?

Examination of fossilized remains, or living primates

Definition of evolutionary anthropology

The study of the evolution (e.g., behaviour, biological traits)

Definition of behaviour

Instinctual responses to internal or external stimuli (i.e., biologically engrained responses)

Definition of culture

Learned responses transmitted through non-genetic means (i.e., socialized behaviour)

Definition of bicultural approach

Biological conditions and predispositions influences culturally developments, and vice versa (e.g., domestication of cattle and lactase persistence)

Definition of comparative approach

Comparison between group A and B, or group A at different points in time

What are the four sub-disciplines of evolutionary anthropology?

Human biology, osteology, primatology, and paleoanthropology