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31 Cards in this Set
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What is anthropology? |
The study of humankind; it's origins, development, and contemporary variations |
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What are the 4 sub fields of anthropology? |
Physical, Linguistic, Cultural, Archaeology |
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Physical Anthropology |
form, genetics, changes of humans over time |
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Linguistic Anthropology |
where languages derive from, which are related, how they change |
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Cultural Anthropology |
Contemporary societies and what they do |
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Archaeology |
past societies |
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hominid |
human taxonomic family, includes our ancestors |
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bipedal |
walking habitually on two feet |
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Paleo (Physical Anthropology) |
prehumans |
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Primatology (Physical Anthropology) |
primates |
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Forensic (Physical Anthropology) |
crimes and bodily remains on site |
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Applied Physical (Physical Anthropology) |
Physical Anthropology to solve real world problems |
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Glottochronology |
changes in language, core vocabulary changes at a constant rate |
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Language families |
languages that descend from a single ancestral language |
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artificats |
anything modified by humans |
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material culture |
physical manifestation of human activities (tools, arts, structures) |
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historical archaeology |
after a society/culture has a writing system |
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prehistoric archaeology |
before a society/culture has a writing system |
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contract archaeology |
get permissions or run tests on potential land for buildings or highways |
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pseudoscience |
false or misleading claims about the nature of the world, origins of things in the world |
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culture |
all aspects of human adaptation including technology, traditions, language, and social roles (includes religion, values, social organization, marriage, gender roles) |
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ethnology |
comparing and contrasting research |
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ethnography |
systematic description of a culture based on first-hand observation and participation |
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Ethnocentrism |
the belief that one's own culture is superior, or gauging another culture based on your own culture's standards |
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cultural relativism |
the belief that parts of culture are viewed in their proper context, not based on how your own culture would view it |
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emic |
insider perspective based on the concepts of the people being studied |
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outsider perspective based on one's own concepts |
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participant observation |
direct participation in the everyday life of a culture |
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evolution |
Darwin-based theory of adaption and natural selection |
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creationism |
matter and life forms created by God and occur as described in Genesis of the bible |
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Intelligent Design |
matter and life forms created by a higher power with a plan, but necessarily as in the Bible |
