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Anthro 1
Anthro 1
EthnoScience
Sturtevant, Goodenough
The ethnographer must describe a culture in terms of native
categories (emic view) rather than in terms of his/her own
categories (etic view)
Same approach as structuralism but differ in method
“Culture is described by how it is perceived, ordered and
categorized by the members of that culture rather than by the
impositions of the ethnographer”
PRIMATE EVOLUTION
ANTHROPOIDS
Anthropoids branched off from the prosimians during the Eocene
o Anthropoid eyes are rotated more forward compared to
prosimians
o Anthropoids have a fully enclosed bony eye socket
o Anthropoids have a dry nose separate from the upper
lip
o Anthropoids have molar cusps