Cultural Anthropology Chapter 1

Study of human nature, human society and the human past

Using all different resources to form a clearer picture

considering differences in human societies

The biological evolution of the human species

Looking at humans as biological organisims

biological anthropologists who study nonhuman primates

bioanthropologists that specialize in fossils

Use anth skills to aid law-enforcement

Study of the factors that contribute to disease or illness, and human response

Study how behavior of different human groups is shaped by culture

Sets of learned behaviors and ideas that human beings acquire as members of society

A personal, long-term experience with a specific group of people and way of life

People who share info about their way of life with anthropologistsf

Taking part in a group's social activities as well as observing those activities as outsiders

A book written about a single culture

Comparative study of two or more ways of life

Study of human languages

arbitrary vocal symbols used to express or experience of the world

Cultural Anthropology of the Human Past

The time before writing

Using the information from other subfields to address problems in the world

Aim to improve people's capacities to maintain health, produce food, and adapt

Undistorted, universally valid

The idea that rationally assertions are scientifically valid

Liberation from outdated views and traditions

Criticism of modernism

Following people not bound by one social, national, ethnic, or religious boundary.