Anthropology 101 Questions with Complete Solutions (Graded A+)

anthropology - the study of humans holistic - multifaced/many approaches 2 classifications of anthro - 1. biological or physical characteristics 2. cultural anthropology Cultural anthropology - 1. Archaeology 2. Linguistics 3. ethnology Biological Anthropology - answers 2 distinct sets of Q 1. human paleontology/paleoanthropology 2. human variation human paleontology - about the emergence of humans and their evolution human variation - how and why human populations vary biologically fossils - buried, hardened remains or impressions of humans and others primates - prosimians, monkeys, apes primatologists - anthropologists, psychologists and biologists that study primates Homo sapiens - all living people culture - the customary ways that a particular population or society thinks and behaves archeology - study of past cultures through material remains anthropological linguistics - study of languages ethnology - study of existing and recent cultures aka. cultural anthropology historical linguistics - study of how languages change over time and how they may be related