Tag: primates
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Free Resource: Primatology Bingo!
A vital part of contextualising the fossil record well, especially in regard to bipedalism (walking on two legs, bi=two + ped=feet) and associated anatomical changes, is illustrating the connection between humans and other extant (contemporary) primates first. If you establish those connections well, then the hunt for bipedal traits in the fossil record is an…
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Linguistic Anthropology – An Overview
A similar subfield to Cultural Anthropology is Linguistic Anthropology. Contrary to popular belief, linguistics is not the study of languages for translation or speaking purposes, rather it is the study of how languages evolve and function within a cultural context. Some subfields of linguistics include: Linguistic Analysis – the technical study of language Sociolinguistics – how language…
The Brains and Bones Project 