SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY ZPY 114-HR7A Handout No. 2 Anthrophology- coined from two Greek words anthropos which means “man” or “human being” and logos which means “knowledge”. Four Main Fields of Anthropology 1. Physical or biological anthropology-studies human beings through genetics‚ inherited traits‚ evolution and adaptation. It is called physical anthropology because the data it uses are mainly physical to gather information on the evolutionary development of man. 2. Cultural Anthropology-it
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Forensic anthropologists have been under the microscope of whether their ability to identify race is accurate or not. For many centuries‚ there was has been a debate whether race can have biological variations (Ousley‚ Jantz‚ & Freid‚ D‚ 2009‚ p.68). For many centuries there has been a debate whether race can have biological variations (Ousley‚ Jantz‚ & Freid‚ D‚ 2009‚ p.68). Forensic anthropologists are called in to help identify physical characteristics which are then used to determine the physical
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The Various Lines of Evidence From the discussion of the author‚ David Robson‚ it could be deduced that there are at least two lines of evidence that I found the most significant. First of all‚ among the evidences presented‚ the stone tools were the principal evidence aside from the fossils of the early humans for the said items could be considered as expository artifacts of our ancestors’ development into becoming humans. Not only do they show how the first organisms lived‚ but they also tell
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The word mega in megafauna means huge and fauna means animals. When you put it together it means huge animals which is what megafauna were. Most megafauna were over 40kg and 30% bigger then their relatives who are alive today. They’ve existed for over 11 million years but then disappeared in a mass extinction 46‚000 years ago. There are several ideas of how they became extinct which includes the ill‚ kill and chill factors. Ill being a disease which infected the megafauna and ultimately killed them
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Chapter 9: Patterns of Inheritance What pattern will inheritance follow? Why is it important? Always follow patterns? Rule of Probability In tossing a coin the odds of either a head or tail is always 50%. The outcome is unaffected by the previous attempt. If 2 coins are tossed‚ each will be dependent of the other HH‚ HT‚ TH‚ TT (Probability is 25% or ¼) The rules also hold true for genetics due to the law of independent assortment. Each alternative type of outcome in a gene acts independently
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ANTH M01 Online Name: Messinger Film Assignment‚ “Nova Becoming Human Episode 1: First Steps” The following assignment is based on the film “Becoming Human Episode 1: First Steps.” You may access the film in the following ways: 1. It is available for free on the PBS website at the following address: http://video.pbs.org/video/1312522241/ 2. It is available instantly through Netflix (where you may temporarily set up a free account for a few weeks if you are not a member). Please
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stuff with hands Ape features: -brain size 450-500cc -a lot of body hair –brow ridge –large teeth –flat noise –jutting jaw Homo habilis: -on earth 2 million years ago =man/ape like Human Features: -walks upright -communication to pass knowledge -tool making -skull shape rounded Ape Features: -4ft tall –brow ridge -large teeth –brain size 650-800cc -body hair Homo errectus: -on earth 1.6 million to 200 000 years ago =mostly man like Human features: -brain size 880 to 1100cc -smaller teeth
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Intro: Thaler and Sunstein provide a framework for decision making that can be applied and used across the board for health‚ wealth‚ and happiness‚ as well as other facets of life. They introduce behavioral economics to explain how decisions can be influenced so that a specific outcome is chosen. To lay the foundation for the decision making stage‚ Thaler and Sunstein establish the significance of a choice architect. A choice architect has the responsibility for organizing the context in which people
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1. According to our readings‚ which of these does not characterize experience with the sacred? a) Fear b) Fascination c) Ambivalence d) Extreme Anger 2. According to our readings‚ a hierophany is a) a person who experience the sacred b) the act of manifesting the sacred c) the place where the sacred is experience 3. According to the textbook‚ the imago mundi is Mircia Eliade’s way of describing: a) an image of a communities sense of the original cosmic order b) a man who consecrates a
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Human Evolution FA1302 8 December 2013 Did Climate Affect Human Evolution? Climate and environmental change has played a vital role in Earth’s history‚ and the outcome of these changes has been anything but idle in the evolution of primates. These drastic transformations in the planet’s atmosphere have been the impetus of evolution among species and has sparked interest to geologist and paleoanthropologist for years‚ resulting in a number of hypothesis that “propose that climate-driven environmental
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