| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Physical Anthropology | study of physical evolution of man (ape to homo sapien) |
| Cultural Anthropology | study of human social developement |
| monotheisitic | believe in 1 god |
| polytheistic | believe in many gods |
| nomadic | move around (no permanent home) |
| sedentary | stay in 1 place |
| ethnocentric | believe your culture is best (is the center) |
| adapt | change to better fit in |
| neolithic | neo = new stone age --->written language, metal tools, sendentatry, farm, cities, written language |
| paleolithic | old stone age --> nomadic (hunt & gather), stone tools, no writing |
| How humans Change over time? | bigger brain, use tools, smaller teeth, smaller skeleton |
| instinct | behavior you are born with |
| culture | societies learned habits |
| technology | tools and skills needed to use them (a computer) |
| taboo | forbidden behavior (marrying your sister) |
| idigenous | originally (native) to an area (walley are idiginous to Wisconsin) |
| stereotype | fixed idea about something (blonds are dumb) |
| hominid | member of human family (homo habilus, homo sapien, etc) |
| bipedal | walk on 2 legs |
| Theory of Acquired Characteristics | Lamarck, change in 1 generation |
| Theory of Evolution | Darwin, survival and babies from the fittest (natural selection), change across generations |
| Creation Theory | god (or other power) is ultimately responsibe for us being here |
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