Part I: Primate Adaptations 1. a) The primates have develop their sense of touch. They developed fingernails on their fingers and toes instead of claws. b) They developed this trait to have better manipulation while holding and gripping things‚ like trees and branches. They can also feel better with the tip of their fingers. This trait helped them in survival. It led to better mouvements in trees‚ as well as holding food and their babies. c) As for long-term adaptive advantages‚ the sense
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Fieldwork in the Corporate Offices of Jakarta‚ Indonesia This chapter raises important issues about the efficiency of traditional ethnographic fieldwork techniques in transnational corporate settings. William Leggette conducted his fieldwork in Jakarta‚ Indonesia. He depicts this culture as a “multi-ethnic‚ multi-cultural landscape [that] promotes a constant sense of dislocation-for both resident and visitor alike”(75). There are noticeable contrasts between the class systems in this city‚ as
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“The Ethics of Belief” written by W.K. Clifford. Explains the idea of belief and moral righteousness by coming up with the conclusion that it is morally incorrect to believe in a claim with insufficient evidence or to create a claim without sufficient evidence. Clifford brings about various analogies that prove his claim to be true such as the ship-owner and the religious group on the island. Although these ideas helped set out the theory efficiently‚ William James essay “The Will to Believe” believes
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Human Remains Human remains is a very controversial topic in the world of science but to be more specific in the world of Anthropology. What are exactly human remains? Well human remains is described as; “The physical remains of the body of a person of Native American ancestry/ The term does not include remains or portions of remains that may reasonably be determined to have been freely given or naturally shed by the individual from whose body they were obtained‚ such as hair made into ropes or
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Forensic anthropology is the study of human skeletons. Forensic anthropology includes scientists‚ who work for the police to identify the person who died by accidental death or disasters. They investigate information by collecting and analyzing physical evidence‚ including body fluids‚ DNA‚ and blood from the crime scenes or the person’s death at the crime scene and report it to the police. Forensic scientists use many of their extraordinary skills to determine the age‚ sex‚ height and what happened
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FACULTY OF ART DEPARTMENT OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA STUDIES FIRST SEMESTER 2013 Title: | Introduction To Cultural Anthropology | Code: | PG 151 | Credit points: | 8 | Contact Hours: | 3 | Lecturer : | Sibona Nega KOPI (PhD) | UNIT DESCRIPTION This course covers the similarities and differences in human societies‚ from hunting and gathering to industrialized societies. It compares and contrasts Papua New Guinean beliefs and practices with those of other societies. Students are introduced
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH Put simply‚ anthropological research is the study of anthropology. “Anthropology is a comparative study of culture‚ society‚ and human difference. The field challenges us to consider the many ways in which people’s lives are shaped by social relations‚ cultural images‚ and historical forces”. (Biehl‚ J. G. (2004). Introduction to Anthropology.). By this we can see that as a whole‚ anthropology is the study of people and their behavior towards one another‚ the way they live
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anthropologist comes the understanding that war is a human impulse and since anthropology also includes problem solving socially‚ economically and politically anthropologist attempt to find practical solutions to all problems including war. I think that using anthologist and allowing them to use their influence to achieve a result will help to deter wars by giving us an alternative as to how we can solve the problems. (Mcfate‚ Anthropology and the war‚ April 2007) I think that using an anthropologist can
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In this day in age almost everyone knows someone who is a homosexual. I say in this in age because homosexuality is more accepted today then it ever was. In America we have legalized gay marriage‚ martial benefits‚ an annual gay parade‚ and there are many others. Everyone has an opinion on gays‚ so more positive then others‚ but at the same time there are a lot of negative ideas that comes with being openly gay. Heavily religious groups are against gays and make it very hard for you to be open with
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Energy captured‚ production‚ population‚ and exchange are all evident in various cultures and societies throughout time. Because these factors affect all humans and societies equally‚ they must all equally be accounted for within that particular culture/society’s methods of sustainability. The first example I will use to illustrate this point will be Britain’s empire during the 16th-18th centuries. Britain at the time had its scope of influence include over 1/5th of the world’s entire population
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