Anthro102 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

AnthropologyThe study of humans What separates humans from other forms of lifeLanguage and CULTURE All humansshare basic biological and behavioural characteristics YET exhibit a lot of variation around the globe 'Holistic' meaning in anthrounderstanding all dimensions of what it means to be human Biological anthropologyEvolutionary (death etc) Other subdivisions like crime etc Archaeology anthropologyBones Thru material remains How society lives and changes

First archeological site of Indus to be discovered Harappa Date of the Indus civilization BC Strip of fertile land that supported Egyptian civilization due to flooding. nile river Most common topic recorded in egyptian texts economics, trade, history, religion Earlies species domesticated in mesoamerica bottle gourd (12,BC) Two primary domesticates in east asia millet and rice Earliest domesticated species in egypt cattle, barley and wheat

Archaeologythe study of the past through material products and precedents of past human behavior Anthropology• The study of humanity in its broadest possible sense • Teaches that all people share a common humanity • Goals are to study, describe, understand, and explain human variation and to promote human rights Culture• Learned behaviors o Not biological or genetic o Included language, customs, beliefs, technology, stories, etc. • Shared by a group • Primary means of ada...

Anatomically modern humansSimilar composition to us 120,000 years ago from Africa Eurasia: 120,000 - 80,000 Neandertals and Denisovans arrived to Eurasia first Archaic HumansHomo erectus Earliest hominin dispersal 2 million years ago First to enter Asia "Peking Man" from China "Java Man" from Indonesia

Anatomically modern humansSimilar composition to us 120,000 years ago from Africa Eurasia: 120,000 - 80,000 Neandertals and Denisovans arrived to Eurasia first Archaic HumansHomo erectus Earliest hominin dispersal 2 million years ago First to enter Asia "Peking Man" from China "Java Man" from Indonesia

Archaeologythe study of the past through material products and precedents of past human behavior Anthropology• The study of humanity in its broadest possible sense • Teaches that all people share a common humanity • Goals are to study, describe, understand, and explain human variation and to promote human rights Culture• Learned behaviors o Not biological or genetic o Included language, customs, beliefs, technology, stories, etc. • Shared by a group • Primary means of ada...

First archeological site of Indus to be discovered Harappa Date of the Indus civilization BC Strip of fertile land that supported Egyptian civilization due to flooding. nile river Most common topic recorded in egyptian texts economics, trade, history, religion Earlies species domesticated in mesoamerica bottle gourd (12,BC) Two primary domesticates in east asia millet and rice Earliest domesticated species in egypt cattle, barley and wheat

Anatomically modern humansSimilar composition to us 120,000 years ago from Africa Eurasia: 120,000 - 80,000 Neandertals and Denisovans arrived to Eurasia first Archaic HumansHomo erectus Earliest hominin dispersal 2 million years ago First to enter Asia "Peking Man" from China "Java Man" from Indonesia NeandertalsLineage separated 500,000 years ago Exchanged genes with modern human More similar to modern humans the first thought