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Anthropology
is the combination of two Greek words: anthropos, meaning "human," or more literally, "man;" and logos, meaning "study." In Greek, the study of humanity.A holistic tool to understand the challenges we find in ourselves today. TERM 2
Physical or biological
anthropology
DEFINITION 2 on human evolution and contemporary biological variation. It is concerned with the origins of the unique characteristics that make us human, as well as the contemporary physical characteristics that make make us all unique TERM 3
Molecular
anthropology
DEFINITION 3 a sub feild of physicalMolecular Anthropology isthe study of genes and genetic relationships, is another vital component of physical anthropology TERM 4
Paleoanthropologists
DEFINITION 4 sub of phsicalstudy human origins, while primatology concerns itself with research on living and fossil primates to better understand the origins of human behavior. TERM 5
Forensic
anthropology
DEFINITION 5 is a field of applied physical anthropology that specializes in the analysis of human skeletal remains to solve criminal cases
Archaeology
Archaeology studies the material record in order to understand and explain past human culture. Their primary data derives from the excavation of sites (places humans have lived) and an analysis of artifacts and features (the material remains of past human behavior). It also includes cultural resource management TERM 7
cultural resource management
DEFINITION 7 which is an applied discipline tied to government policies for the protection of significant sites threatened by construction or development. TERM 8
Linguistic anthropology or
linguistics
DEFINITION 8 explores humanity's dependence on symbolic communication. Much more than learning about different languages, linguists seek to understand how systems of communication are constructed, how they function, and how they change over time. They compare languages using glottochronology to determine when dialects diverged to form different languages. TERM 9
glottochronology
DEFINITION 9 determine when dialects diverged to form different languages. TERM 10
Cultural
anthropology
DEFINITION 10 is the study of the contemporary human condition
enculturation
process through which culture is transmitted from one generation to the next TERM 17
social structure
DEFINITION 17 the rule-governed relationships that hold a society together TERM 18
infrastructure
DEFINITION 18 subsistence and practices of adaptation to the physical environment TERM 19
superstructure
DEFINITION 19 practices that unite a society in a shared sense of identity and worldview, including the collective body of ideas concerning the supernatural. This is called the "barrel" or "columnar" model of culture TERM 20
Adaptation
DEFINITION 20 the process by which organisms adjust to their ecological niches, is achieved in human beings primarily through culture
ethnocentrism
belief that one's own culture is superior TERM 22
cultural relativism
DEFINITION 22 the idea that one should initially suspend judgment of other peoples' practices, in order to understand others on their own cultural terms TERM 23
Evolutionist
DEFINITION 23 Preferring not to leave the safe confines of their offices, they relied mostly on the accounts of travelers and missionaries. With no other frame of reference but their own. TERM 24
Ethnographic fieldwork
DEFINITION 24 which is extended on-location research TERM 25
participant observation
DEFINITION 25 anthropologists rely on participant observation in order to identify, explain, and often predict a group's behavior. They also rely on the assistance of key consultants, members of the study group who provide helpful information.
