1. Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Exploring Biological Anthropology: The Essentials, 3 rd Edition CRAIG STANFORD JOHN S. ALLEN SUSAN C. ANTÓN

2. Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Chapter 1 What is Biological Anthropology?

3. Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Anthropology and Its Subfields Cultural Anthropology Archaeology Linguistic Anthropology Biological Anthropology

4. Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Cultural Anthropology The study of human societies, especially in a cross-cultural context Ethnology Ethnography Applied Anthropology

5. Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Archaeology The study of the material culture of past peoples Artifacts Material Culture Salvage Archaeology

6. Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Linguistic Anthropology The study of language, its history and use; also called anthropological linguistics Linguistic form Linguistic function Social Context

7. Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Biological Anthropologist: Any scientist studying evolution as it relates to the human species

8. Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The Scope of Biological Anthropology Paleoanthropology Skeletal Biology and Osteology Paleopathology and Bioarchaeology Forensic Anthropology Primatology Human Biology

9. Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Paleoanthropology The study of the fossil record of ancestral humans and their primate kin

10. Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Skeletal Biology and Human Osteology The study of the skeleton and the patterns and processes of human growth, physiology, and development

11. Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Paleopathology and Bioarchaeology The study of the disease in ancient human populations

12. Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Forensic Anthropology The study of human remains applied to a legal context

13. Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Primatology The study of the non-human primates and their anatomy, genetics, behavior, and ecology

14. Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Human Biology Deals with human growth and development, adaptation to environmental extremes, and human genetics

15. Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The Roots of Modern Biological Anthropology Fossil hominid discoveries Darwin Physical anthropology Sherwood Washburn’s Synthesis Field studies New dating techniques Multidisciplinary approach