Anthropology is the study of the cultural, historical, biological, and linguistic behavior of people

from all parts of the globe both in the past and the present.

The aspects of the human condition influenced by genes and genetic makeup.

- Culture is the learned, shared knowledge of meanings by which we interpret experience and

generate behavior.

- Culture shapes our worldview.

focuses on the interaction between human culture and human biology

Scientific Method

(definition)

A systematic way of looking for patterns and relationships among events and processes found in

natural phenomena

Scientific Method

(steps)

1. Make observations

2. Form hypothesis

3. Test hypothesis / Collect data

4. Use data to evaluate hypothesis

5. Revise hypothesis if necessary

6. Publication and Replication

a provisional explanation of a phenomenon.

a framework - typically made up of a set of interrelated hypotheses - within whichobservations are explained and predictions are made.