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2 What is Anthropology ► Anthropology  What is it?  Questions they answer an Anthropologist answers:

3 Why Anthropology? ► Curiosity ► Shake the Foundation of ethno-centrism. ► Improve human problems

4 Culture ► What is culture?  Learned behaviors  It reflects a group of people and their way of life  Culture: ► Permits us to live together ► Gives us ready-made solutions to our problems ► Helps us predict behavior of others ► It can cause us problems and can produce needs  What do we do if we don’t like our culture?

5 Major Divisions of Anthropology ► Biological (physical) Anthropology  Human heredity and evolution  Human paleontology and paleoanthropology  Notable Biological Anthropologist ► Louis Leaky 1903-1972

6 Major Divisions of Anthropology ► Cultural Anthropology  How populations vary in their cultural features  Cultural Anthropology includes:  Archaeology  Anthropological linguistics  Ethnology (cultural anthropology)  Notable Cultural Anthropologist  Margaret Mead 1901-1978

7 Anthropology Terms ► Artifact  What is an artifact?  Do they have to ancient or can they be recent or current?

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12 Anthropology Terms ► Acculturation  What is Acculturation?  What are some examples of acculturation? ► Enculturation  What is Enculturation  What are some examples of acculturation? ► Ethnocentrism ► Subcultures  What is a Subculture?  What are some examples of subculture?


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