An Introduction to Physical and Cultural Anthropology
... Biological Anthropology: how diseases and illnesses are genetically transmitted and how they are caused by environmental and social conditions. Primatology: the thinking and communication patterns of primates from our distant evolutionary past. Forensic Anthropology: the discovery of clues in physic ...
... Biological Anthropology: how diseases and illnesses are genetically transmitted and how they are caused by environmental and social conditions. Primatology: the thinking and communication patterns of primates from our distant evolutionary past. Forensic Anthropology: the discovery of clues in physic ...
Why Is Each Point on Earth Unique?
... The contemporary cultural landscape approach in geography— sometimes called the regional studies approach—was initiated in France by Paul Vidal de la Blache (1845–1918) and Jean Brunhes (1869–1930). It was later adopted by several American geographers, including Carl Sauer (1889–1975) and Robert Pla ...
... The contemporary cultural landscape approach in geography— sometimes called the regional studies approach—was initiated in France by Paul Vidal de la Blache (1845–1918) and Jean Brunhes (1869–1930). It was later adopted by several American geographers, including Carl Sauer (1889–1975) and Robert Pla ...
NRT109 - Ecology W07
... Copyright ©2005 The Sault College of Applied Arts & Technology Reproduction of this document by any means, in whole or in part, without prior written permission of Sault College of Applied Arts & Technology is prohibited. For additional information, please contact C. Kirkwood, Dean School of Technol ...
... Copyright ©2005 The Sault College of Applied Arts & Technology Reproduction of this document by any means, in whole or in part, without prior written permission of Sault College of Applied Arts & Technology is prohibited. For additional information, please contact C. Kirkwood, Dean School of Technol ...
CV.pdf - Brian Klingbeil
... 2012-2013 Ekaterina Morozova. Independent research project: Using autonomous recording units to evaluate relationships between Myotis lucifugus and Eptesicus fuscus, and landscape structure in Connecticut forests. 2012-2013 Christopher Roberts. Research assistant: Biodiversity dynamics of forest bir ...
... 2012-2013 Ekaterina Morozova. Independent research project: Using autonomous recording units to evaluate relationships between Myotis lucifugus and Eptesicus fuscus, and landscape structure in Connecticut forests. 2012-2013 Christopher Roberts. Research assistant: Biodiversity dynamics of forest bir ...
BA in Anthropology
... of tools and skills that help make sense of how human difference across both time and space is simultaneously preserved and threatened within an increasingly interconnected and globalized world. Archaeological anthropologists excavate the remains of past societies to learn about how we have changed ...
... of tools and skills that help make sense of how human difference across both time and space is simultaneously preserved and threatened within an increasingly interconnected and globalized world. Archaeological anthropologists excavate the remains of past societies to learn about how we have changed ...
Marine Ecology(rev)Dr. Ricketts
... Structure, function and dynamics of marine ecosystems, from coastal zones to deep oceans, are described. The biological components of marine ecosystems, including neuston, plankton, nekton and benthic organisms, are emphasized and the roles played by these organisms within global ecosystems and Beli ...
... Structure, function and dynamics of marine ecosystems, from coastal zones to deep oceans, are described. The biological components of marine ecosystems, including neuston, plankton, nekton and benthic organisms, are emphasized and the roles played by these organisms within global ecosystems and Beli ...
AP World History Course Themes
... 2. In your own words write Doing World History questions interpreting the chapter in the left column. 3. Go back to the pertinent sections of the chapter and re-read them. Add necessary details. 4. If you chose Big Picture, do you offer a time line and an explanation of the ultimate significance of ...
... 2. In your own words write Doing World History questions interpreting the chapter in the left column. 3. Go back to the pertinent sections of the chapter and re-read them. Add necessary details. 4. If you chose Big Picture, do you offer a time line and an explanation of the ultimate significance of ...
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Volume 20 issue 2
... the disciplined cultivation of sacred knowledge. Issues of validity and performance play out differently in environmental decision-making. Atran and Medin, who, like Barth and Flyvbjerg, see a direct relation between how people understand nature and act in it, combine socio-cultural anthropology and ...
... the disciplined cultivation of sacred knowledge. Issues of validity and performance play out differently in environmental decision-making. Atran and Medin, who, like Barth and Flyvbjerg, see a direct relation between how people understand nature and act in it, combine socio-cultural anthropology and ...
Anthropology Course Descriptions
... Public health applies social and natural sciences toward the mission of "fulfilling society's interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy" (Institute of Medicine, Future of Public Health, 1988). This course explores the foundations of public health through study of the history, et ...
... Public health applies social and natural sciences toward the mission of "fulfilling society's interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy" (Institute of Medicine, Future of Public Health, 1988). This course explores the foundations of public health through study of the history, et ...
The Human Web Questions
... Why did the first civilizations emerge when and where they did? How did Islam become a unifying force in the world of its birth? What enabled the West to project its goods and power around the world from the fifteenth century on? Why was agriculture invented seven times and the steam engine just onc ...
... Why did the first civilizations emerge when and where they did? How did Islam become a unifying force in the world of its birth? What enabled the West to project its goods and power around the world from the fifteenth century on? Why was agriculture invented seven times and the steam engine just onc ...
Anthropology - Whitman College
... Environmentally, this mountainous region is home to astounding biotic and geomorphological diversity and concentrations of major watersheds, glaciers, and complex forests. Culturally and politically, the Andes region also stands out as a locus of Latin America’s indigenous rights movement. This cour ...
... Environmentally, this mountainous region is home to astounding biotic and geomorphological diversity and concentrations of major watersheds, glaciers, and complex forests. Culturally and politically, the Andes region also stands out as a locus of Latin America’s indigenous rights movement. This cour ...
Cultural Anthropology An Applied Perspective, 5e
... A distinguishing feature of the discipline of anthropology is its holistic approach to the study of human groups. ...
... A distinguishing feature of the discipline of anthropology is its holistic approach to the study of human groups. ...
I. SOCIOLOGIJA IR SOCIALINĖ POLITIKA
... Anthropologists are well known for opening up and voicing cultures and heritages of those who felt totally assimilated and had very slight and narrow comprehension of their cultural resources, heritage and tradition. Also, in James Clifford’s words, showing roots and routes (Clifford 1997) to those ...
... Anthropologists are well known for opening up and voicing cultures and heritages of those who felt totally assimilated and had very slight and narrow comprehension of their cultural resources, heritage and tradition. Also, in James Clifford’s words, showing roots and routes (Clifford 1997) to those ...
Social Studies COS Grade 5-2011-2012
... Compare the unique characteristics of early Indian civilizations (government, social structure, religion, technology and agricultural practices and products). ...
... Compare the unique characteristics of early Indian civilizations (government, social structure, religion, technology and agricultural practices and products). ...
The fusion of behavioral ecology and ecology
... birds. The abundances of food and of predators change in time and space. The predictions of the simple models did not fit because rest of the birds’ ecology can override the pressures of the foraging–vigilance trade-off. The essence of the standard evolutionary argument in behavioral ecology is that ...
... birds. The abundances of food and of predators change in time and space. The predictions of the simple models did not fit because rest of the birds’ ecology can override the pressures of the foraging–vigilance trade-off. The essence of the standard evolutionary argument in behavioral ecology is that ...
Oreaster reticulatus (West Indian Sea Star)
... several species of sea urchin, meiofauna (small animals living between sand grains), sea cucumber juveniles and sponges by macrophagous feeding due to a specialized gut. Sand and seagrass substrata and detrital matter are ingested by microphagous feeding (Encyclopedia of Life, 2012) by extruding its ...
... several species of sea urchin, meiofauna (small animals living between sand grains), sea cucumber juveniles and sponges by macrophagous feeding due to a specialized gut. Sand and seagrass substrata and detrital matter are ingested by microphagous feeding (Encyclopedia of Life, 2012) by extruding its ...
EIS Aquatic Ecology Impact Assessment
... assessed 73 sites selected on the basis of land use, and waterway and catchment characteristics. Many of the sites were found to exhibit similar attributes and conditions which led to 11 sites (Figure 1) being identified for assessment of habitat, water quality, and presence of aquatic plants (macro ...
... assessed 73 sites selected on the basis of land use, and waterway and catchment characteristics. Many of the sites were found to exhibit similar attributes and conditions which led to 11 sites (Figure 1) being identified for assessment of habitat, water quality, and presence of aquatic plants (macro ...
Copyright, culture and development
... The definition of „traditional cultural expressions” in document WIPO/GRTKF/IC/27/5 of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore („The protection of traditional cultural expressions: Draft articles”), in key aspects, is similar ...
... The definition of „traditional cultural expressions” in document WIPO/GRTKF/IC/27/5 of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore („The protection of traditional cultural expressions: Draft articles”), in key aspects, is similar ...
Chapter 53: Population Ecology
... Chapter 53: Population Ecology The next three chapters on population, community, and ecosystem ecology provide the academic backbone for this unit on ecology. Each chapter considers a different organizational level in ecology, starting with population ecology. Before beginning your study of each cha ...
... Chapter 53: Population Ecology The next three chapters on population, community, and ecosystem ecology provide the academic backbone for this unit on ecology. Each chapter considers a different organizational level in ecology, starting with population ecology. Before beginning your study of each cha ...
Cultural Evolution: Integration and Scepticism
... social sciences. Were the social sciences to “go evolutionary,” then significant progress would follow. It is perhaps unsurprising that some anthropologists have reacted badly to these suggestions (Ingold 2007). Some prominent social anthropologists have agreed with Mesoudi et al.(2006, 2010) regar ...
... social sciences. Were the social sciences to “go evolutionary,” then significant progress would follow. It is perhaps unsurprising that some anthropologists have reacted badly to these suggestions (Ingold 2007). Some prominent social anthropologists have agreed with Mesoudi et al.(2006, 2010) regar ...
Landscapes
... • Historical ecologists recognize that landscapes undergo continuous alteration (natural and human) and these modifications are part of its history. ...
... • Historical ecologists recognize that landscapes undergo continuous alteration (natural and human) and these modifications are part of its history. ...
Cultural evidence in courts of law
... Problems also arise over the degree to which law constitutes an autonomous domain, rather than being embedded in broader discourses and cultures. Rosen, for instance, contrasts qadi courts in Morocco, which appeal to ‘concepts that extend across many domains of social life’ (1989: 5), with Western c ...
... Problems also arise over the degree to which law constitutes an autonomous domain, rather than being embedded in broader discourses and cultures. Rosen, for instance, contrasts qadi courts in Morocco, which appeal to ‘concepts that extend across many domains of social life’ (1989: 5), with Western c ...
What Is Anthropology?
... sentence is formed or a verb conjugated. History of languages - the way languages change over time. The study of language in its social setting. ...
... sentence is formed or a verb conjugated. History of languages - the way languages change over time. The study of language in its social setting. ...
What is Anthropology? What is Anthropology? Adaptation, Variation
... Ethnography produces an account (a book, an article, or a film) of a particular community, society, or culture based on information that is collected during fieldwork. Generally, ethnographic fieldwork involves living in the community that is being studied for an extended period of time (e.g. 6 mont ...
... Ethnography produces an account (a book, an article, or a film) of a particular community, society, or culture based on information that is collected during fieldwork. Generally, ethnographic fieldwork involves living in the community that is being studied for an extended period of time (e.g. 6 mont ...