2. http://anthro.palomar.edu/intro/overview.htm http://anthro.palomar.edu/intro/fields.htm

3. the word anthropology comes from the Greek anthro, meaning human being and ology, meaning study of anthropology is a broad scientific study of human biology and culture

4. human universalism holistic approach--learn about both the biological and cultural aspects of humanity around the globe and throughout time all people today are fully and equally human people from all societies of the world are equally intelligent, complex, and interesting to study

6. integration all aspects of a culture are interrelated try to understand how cultures or institutions impact, and are in turn impacted, by other institutions human biological traits do not evolve and function in isolation an analysis of a culture must be done holistically

8. adaptation Homo sapiens sapiens have been able to successfully colonize most environments on our planet the ability to acquire knowledge and create technology to adapt to new environments

9. culture the full range of learned behavior patterns and knowledge acquired by people as members of a society learn from our parents and other people who are around us as we grow up what sets our species apart from most, if not all, others is our heavy reliance and even dependence on culture for survival the last 2.4 million years has allowed us to transform ourselves from scavengers of plants and animal carcasses left by large carnivores to a truly global species capable of controlling the fate of all other species

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11. 1.Biological (or physical) anthropology want to learn how our ancestors changed through time to become what we are today interested in human biological origins, genetic inheritance, evolution, and variation three different areas of research Human biology learn about human diversity, genetic inheritance patterns, Homo sapiens Primatologists carry out non-human primate studies done in a natural setting among wild apes, monkeys Paleoanthropologists recover the fossil record of early humans and their primate ancestors in order to understand the path of our evolution

14. 2.Cultural (or socio-cultural) anthropologists (sometimes called ethnology) examine social patterns and practices across cultures, how people live in particular places, organize, govern, and create meaning attention to race, sexuality, class, gender, and nationality research is participant observation which involves placing oneself in the research context for extended periods of time to gain a first-hand info.

16. 3.Linguistic anthropology study the human communication process predisposes us to see the environment in specific ways. are languages filters for reality? for instance, if a language does not have a word for the color orange, can its speakers distinguish orange from red and yellow…

17. 4.Archaeology interested in recovering the prehistory and early history of societies and their cultures the analysis of remains, such as artifacts, architecture, and landscapes uncover the evidence by excavating, dating, and analyzing the material remains left by people in the past http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C dzmH3jNkU0

18. most carry out research and teach about what they have learned. employed by universities, colleges, and museums a third of all anthropologists are applied anthropologists U.S. military and NATO mediators in major corporations forensic anthropologists employed by police and the courts medical anthropologists ethnobotanists concentrate on finding new potential medicines