1/10/12Human Evolution- Anthropology – The study of humanso Cultural Anthropology – Study of traditions and learned behavior (socially transmitted knowledge)o Archeological Anthropology – Study material culture of past peopleso Physical/biological Anthropology – Study fossil records to reconstruct human family tree- Evolution o Macroevolution – Big changes such as a new specieso Microevolution – change in the frequency in a trait in a population over time Ex: # of red heads between 2000-2010- The scientific method o Make an observation – an empirical observation to discusso Identify variables – do researcho Hypothesis – make as many of these as possibleo Collect data – to falsify hypotheseso Experiment – Repeatedly to keep trying to disprove hypothesiso If the hypothesis can be found to be supremely strong it can be reviewed to become a
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