Intro to Anthro
Study of primates/monkeys
What is Primatology
Physical differences & similarities of existing human populations
What is human variation
Remains of a female that was part of a new human species Australopithecus Afarensis that walked upright. (new discovery)
Who is Lucy?
Two branches of anthropology
What are Physical and Cultural Anthropology
Explores how culture shaped the way people lives in the past and how they live in the world today
What is cultural anthropology
this person discovered the remains of lucy, a skeleton in Ethiopia, that was 40% complete
Who Donald Johnson
The three branches of physical anthropology
What are Paleoanthropology, primatology, and human variation
Ethnography, Linguistic Anthropology and Archaeology
What are the branches of cultural anthropology
Birute Galdikas, Jane Goodall, and Dian Fossey
Who are The Trimates
Bone & stone remains of ancient ancestors from millions of years ago
What is Paleoanthropology
3 Human characteristics discussed in class
What are: walking upright, tools, language and symbols, social life, etc.
started the school of primatology, mentored the trimates, discovered that bipedalism began at least 3.6 million years ago
Who are the Leaky Family
Strives to understand the physical and biological nature of human beings
the muscle on your wrist and being able to wiggle your ears are examples of this
What is natural selection