Prehistoric Cultures

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Major Characteristics
of "Modern" Physical Anthropology

 

slides: 07A begin here

1. Increased interest in the behavior of apes and monkeys, particularly in field studies
   
   
   • ethology > primatology

2. Shift of emphasis from measurement and classification toward a greater concern with the influence of genetics on stability and variation in human populations
   
   
   • anthropometry —> human biology -- genetics

3. Work on blood studies, blood typing . . .

4. Work on dietary influences on body composition, nutrition, and health

5. Work on things like the effects of differing muscle stress on body shape
   
   
• human morphology

6. Work on genetic processes as they determine "morphology" and other things . . .

7. Work on effects of culture as it influences human breeding patterns

slides: 07C begin here

8. Work on population studies, including effect of population density on behavior
   
   
   • demography

9. Work on biocultural evolution
   
   
10. Sociobiology