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Anthropology Chapter 1-4 Detailed Questions and Expert Answers
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- Anthropology
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- University Of California - Berkeley
Anthropology Chapter 1-4 Detailed Questions and Expert Answers
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Anthropology Chapter 1-4 Detailed Questions andExpert Answers
Physical anthropology - ANS the scientific study of humans from a biological
perspective
paleoanthropology - ANS asking questions about the emergence of of humans and
how humans evolved up to the present time
primatology - ANS the study of the evolutionary fossil record of our nearest living
relatives (ie apes, monkeys, and prosimians) and the behavior of living populations
in their natural habitats
human variation - ANS deals with how and why the physical traits of contemporary
human populations vary throughout the world
race - ANS defined as a group of people who share a greater statistical frequency
of genes and physical traits with one another than they do with people outside the
group
archaeology - ANS study the lifeways of people from the past by excavating and
analyzing the material culture they left behind
artifacts - ANS objects that have been made or modified by humans and that can
be removed from the site and taken to the laboratory for further analysis
, features - ANS made or modified by people, but cannot be readily carried away
from the dig site
ecofacts - ANS objects found in the natural environment that were not made or
altered by humans but were used by them
cultural resource management - ANS these people ensure that the laws are
properly followed, that high quality research is conducted, and that the data from
archaeological sites are not destroyed by federally funded building projects
anthropology linguistics - ANS branch of anthropology that studies human speech
and language
historical linguistics - ANS deals with the emergence of language in general and
how specific languages have diverged over time
descriptive linguistics - ANS the study of sounds systems, grammatical systems,
and the meanings attached to words of specific languages
ethnolinguistics or cultural linguistics - ANS the branch of anthropological
linguistics that examines the relationship between language and culture
sociolinguistics - ANS examines relationship between language and social relations
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