introduction lesson - anthropology

What makes a human?

• Use of language for communication rather than actions

• Use of tools

• Socially learning behaviours

• Making structures

Who are the closest living relatives to humans?

• Gorillas and mandrills

• Chimps and bonobos

• Gibbons and macaques

• Orangutans and bonobos

What is anthropology?

• Study of humans

• Study of human culture/biology

• Study of humans in all places and times

• All of the above

• Just A and B

What is culture?

• Customs and traditions

• Learning from one another

• Technology

• Family

• Participating in social groups

Culture is learned

• True

• False

______ cultures emphasize the needs and goals of the group as a whole over the needs and desires of each individual

What are the four branches of anthropology?

• Linguistic

• Primatology

• Cultural

• Archaeology

• Biological

_________ is the practice of living in a culture to study it through experience

Immersion is an example of ________________ research

What are some key elements of the anthropological perspective?

• Holistic

• Evolutionary

• Bias

• Comparative

• Qualitative