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Anthropology of Alcohol Exam
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What is Anthropology - Answer-Anthropologists explore human societies, cultures, and
physical diversity across time and space. Holistic discipline that uses comparative
methods to study
economic, political, religious, and other institutions

Divisions of Anthropology - Answer-Biological anthropology
Cultural anthropology
Linguistic anthropology
Archaeology

Etymology of Alcohol - Answer-The term "alcohol" comes from the
Arabic word "al-kuhl", meaning any
substance that was pulverized or distilled.
Al-kuhl was originally used for the very fine
powder produced by the sublimation of the
natural mineral stibnite to form antimony sulfide.

Earliest mention of alcohol - Answer-reference to a beverage was by Libavius in
Alchymia (1594) when he referred to
vini alcohol (wine alcohol).

Drunken Monkey Argument - Answer-draws monkeys to the trees where the nourishing
food, our attraction to alcohol goes back about 18 million years, to the origin of the great
apes, eating fruit while it is fermenting like alcohol

How is alcohol made - Answer-It is produced by the fermentation of sugars by yeasts.
Fermentation is the metabolism of carbohydrates by certain yeast in the absence of
oxygen.

Beer - Answer-Fermentation of cereal grains
- Barley, wheat, corn, rice
Earliest evidence
- Jiahu, China (Henan Province)
- 7,000 B.C.
Alcohol content
- Generally 4 % - 6%
- Can range from < 1% - 20%

Wine - Answer-Fermentation of fruit juices
- Grapes, apples, berries
Earliest evidence

, - Georgia (between Turkey and
Russia)
- 6000 BC
Alcohol content
- Generally 10 % - 14%
- Can range from 10% - 20%

Distilled Alcohol/Spirits - Answer-Fermentation of grain, fruit, or vegetable
- Rye, corn, wheat, etc.
- Berries, apples, pears, etc.
- Potatoes, cactus, etc.
Earliest evidence
- China - Jin Dynasty
- 12th century
Alcohol content
- Generally 30 % - 50%
- Can range from 20% - 100%

Genetic variation associated with metabolizing alcohol - Answer-Around 10mya an ape
ancestor
of modern chimps, gorillas and
humans developed mutations
that increased efficiency of
alcohol metabolism (ADH4)
• Improved metabolism by 40 times

Huangjiu
"yellow wine"
China - Answer-Beverage made from fermented cereal grains
- Rice, sorghum, wheat, or millet
- Aged and filtered
- Approximately 2000 BC (not certain)
- Classified by dryness, the starter used, and
production method
- Served after being cooled or warmed
- Also used in Chinese cooking
- < 20% abv

Choujiu
China - Answer-Fermented beverage brewed from glutinous rice
- Fermentation occurs with yeast and a fungus (mold)
called koji (jiuqu)
- Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
- Today the city of Xi'an is famous for choujiu
- Changzikou is near Xi'an
- 15% - 19% abv

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