ANTH 1102 1st Edition Lecture 9 Outline of Last Lecture I Race and Ethnicity A Human Variation B What is Race C Colonialism Naturalism and Classification D Social Construction of Race E Race and Culture F Ethnicity G Roots of Ethnic Conflict Outline of Current Lecture I Race in the US II Biological Anthropology A What it Studies B Theory of Evolution C Scientific Theory D Evolution Terms Current Lecture Race in the US cultural ideas about ethnic and race categories are imprecise racial division continue e g Hurricane Katrina effort many believe better aid may have been available if the disaster affected a different ethnic group other than mainly African Americans Troy Davis Stand Your Ground Laws sports team names Washington Redskins redskin is offensive to Native Americans Biological Anthropology looks at how and why humans vary origins of human species hominin evolution genetics growth and development and primatology Theory of Evolution biological evolution species change and give more rise to new species evidence is fossil records change over time and living species geological distribution 0 Scientific Theory is not the same as personal theory simple testable and correctible explanation of observable phenomena physical data that yields new info evolution change over time macroevolution genetic change in a population or species over time microevolution change in genetic frequencies alleles in a population over few several or many generations natural selection process by which individuals better adapted to their environment fit survive and produce fit offspring
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