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lNTRDDUCTlDN TD ANTHRDPDLDGY
Hcm|n|ds |mmbrs ol lh zoo|og|co| lom||y Hom|n|do|
|nc|ud ||v|ng humons ond xl|ncl humon oncslors who
d|vrgd w|lh lh oncslors ol ch|mponzs ond gor|||os.
BlPEDALlSm
Hunlnlds ura dlstlnulshad Irun uthar rlnutas by u skalatun
udutad Iur b|pedo||sm-tha hublt uI wulkln urlht un tha
twu hlnd llnbs.
Althuuh uthar rlnuta saclas ura ubla tu stund un twu
las tanururlly, unly hunlnlds avulvad us hubltuul b|peds,
Iur whun bladullsn ls tha rlnury Iurn uI nuvanant.
Suna clusaly ralutad rlnuta saclas axhlblt knuck|e wo|k-
|ng, u uttarn uI nuvanant ln whlch lun urns und tha
knucklas uI tha hund suurt tha walht uI tha uar budy.
Savarul thecr|es fcr the cr|g|ns cf b|pedo||sm wlthln hunun
uncasturs huva baan ruusad.
Adoptot|cn tc sovonno: Bladullsn nuy huva ulluwad
rlnutas tu nuva ubuut nura Iraaly wlthln sovonno anvl-
runnants (russlund wlth scuttarad traas, ravulant ln
AIrlcu) und tu wutch uut Iur raduturs uvar tha tull russ-
as. Huwavar, avldanca Irun racant Iussll Inds suasts
thut aurly bladul hunlnlds llvad ln Iurastad uraus.
Corry|ng behov|cr: Bladullsn ulluws hunlnlds tu curry
ubjacts ln tha twu Irunt llnbs (urns), anublln tha curryln
uI Iuud und auslar trunsurtutlun uI tha yuun. Bladullsn
ulsu Iraas tha hunds tu curry tuuls und wauuns.
Fcrog|ng: Bladullsn nuy huva ulluwad buth hunds tu ba
usad Iur Iuruln saads, nuts, und barrlas nura aIIclantly.
Heot stress: Bladul lucunutlun nlnlnlas strass Irun
tha axtrana haut rasant ln tha suvunnu uI Eust AIrlcu. A
bladul stunca nlnlnlas tha urtlun uI tha budy axusad
tu tha sun, und tha dlstunca uI tha haud ubuva tha ruund
nuxlnlas axusura tu cuulln braaas.
HDmlNlD SPEClES
Thuuh suna datulls uI tha hcm|n|d fom||y tree ranuln ln
quastlun, unthruululsts anarully uraa ubuut tha rlnury
uncastrul ralutlunshls unun hunlnld saclas.
Tha llnas laudln tu chlnunaas, urlllus, und hununs ura
ballavad tu huva dlvarad sunatlna batwaan 8-5 nyu.
Fusslls uI tha aurllast hunlnlds, Irun ubuut 5.8-1.8 nyu,
huva baan Iuund sulaly ln AIrlcu, lnlyln thut hunlnlds
lnltlully anarad un thls cuntlnant.
Pulauunthruululsts anarully uraa thut thara wara
nultlla llnas uI hunlnld saclas. Tha rubust uustrulu-
lthaclnas, whlch cuaxlstad wlth tha aurly saclas uI tha
anus Hunu, ura nut cunsldarad uncastrul tu hununs und
bacuna axtlnct uruxlnutaly 1 nyu.
Hcm|n|d fom||y tree:
ARDPTHECUB RANDUB
Tha aurllast hunlnld, Ard|p|thecus rom|dus, ls rarasantad by
Iusslls Iuund ln Eust AIrlcu Irun 5.8-4.4 nyu. Tha Iusslls lndl-
cuta thut A. |Jm|Jus wus cuubla uI Iully b|pedo| mcvement
und thut lt ussassad ope||ke s|ze ond dent|t|cn (tuuth chur-
uctarlstlcs). Thasa hunlnlds lnhubltad Iurastad anvlrunnants.
AUSTRALDPlTHEClNES
Manbars uI tha anus Austro|cp|thecus (u anus uI hunlnlds
uncastrul tu tha anus |umu) cunblnad ope||ke feotures
wlth b|pedo| mcvement. Austrululthaclna bruln sla wus
tylcully unly sllhtar rautar thun tha uvarua Iur nudarn
uas. As wlth A|J||t|ecus |Jm|Jus, Iussll ranulns uI hunl-
nlds uI thls anus huva baan Iuund unly ln AIrlcu.
Croc||e oustro|cp|thec|nes: Chuructarlad by snullar dantl-
tlun und Iuclul unutuny.
Austro|cp|thecus onomens|s
Ranulns dutln Irun 4.2-3. nyu, Iuund ln Eust AIrlcu,
shuw slnllurltlas tu A|J||t|ecus |Jm|Jus.
Fusslls lndlcuta u bladul saclas wlth uallka Iauturas
but wlth thlckar nulur anunal tylcul uI lutar hunlnlds.
Austro|cp|thecus oforens|s
Ranulns uI thls saclas, dutln Irun 3.8-3.0 nyu Irun
Eust AIrlcu, cunrlsa tha lurast cullactlun uI Iusslls Iuund
Iur un uustrululthaclna saclas. Ranulns uI duans uI
lndlvlduuls huva baan Iuund, ulun wlth 40% uI u cunlata
skalatun uI u slnla lndlvlduul whu wus nunad "Lucy."
Fusslls lndlcuta u saclas udutad tu bladul nuvanant,
wlth un uallka skull und bruln sla. At tha Loetc|| 5|te
ln Tununlu, Iuutrlnts rasarvad ln nud lndlcuta thut u
ruu uI twu tu thraa hunlnlds, llkaly nanbars uI thls sa-
clas, wulkad tuathar ln u Iully bladul Iushlun 3. nyu.
Llka lutar hunlnlds, A. JlJ|e|s|s hud nusslva buck taath
und juws Iur rlndln und crushln, un udututlun Iur
autln tha cuursa vaatutlun, saads, und nuts ravulant
ln tha Eust AIrlcun suvunnu ut tha tlna. Fusslls shuw u
nurkad daraa uI sexuo| d|mcrph|sm-u shur cuntrust
ln sla ur uaurunca batwaan nulas und Ianulas.
Austro|cp|thecus ofr|conus: Fussll ranulns uI thls saclas,
Iuund ln Suuth AIrlcu und dutln Irun uruxlnutaly 3-2
nyu, rasanbla A. JlJ|e|s|s but huva nura hunun dantltlun,
lncludln bruudar lnclsurs und snull, shurt cunlna taath.
kcbust oustro|cp|thec|nes: Chuructarlad by lurar dantltlun
und Iuclul unutuny ralutlva tu ruclla uustrululthaclnas.
Austro|cp|thecus oeth|cp|cus: Knuwn Irun sursa Iussll
ranulns dutln Irun 2.7-2.3 nyu Irun Eust AIrlcu, lnclud-
ln una daslnutad us tha "Bluck Skull." Thls saclas ls
vary rubust, wlth nusslva taath und u runuuncad sog-
|tto| crest, u rlda uI buna ulun tha tu uI tha skull tu
uccunnuduta lura chawln nusclas.
Austro|cp|thecus rcbustus: Fussll ranulns dutln Irun
ubuut 2-1 nyu ln Suuth AIrlcu rasanbla A. Jl||cJ|us wlth
lura taath, nusslva juws, und u sulttul crast.
Austro|cp|thecus bc|se|: Fussll ranulns dutln Irun ubuut
2.3-1.2 nyu ln Eust AIrlcu lndlcuta u saclas wlth u juw,
nulurs, und sulttul crast lurar und nura nusslva thun A.
|uustus, thus, A. u|se| hus baan tarnad hyperrcbust.
New hnds:
Austro|cp|thecus gorh| : A naw saclas Irun Eust AIrlcu,
dutln tu ubuut 2.5 nyu, rasanblas A. JlJ|e|s|s wlth sl-
nlIcuntly lurar nulurs.
Austro|cp|thecus bohre|ghozo|| : Fuund racantly ln Chud,
dutas tu uruxlnutaly 3 nyu und axhlblts unly nlnur
vurlunca Irun A. JlJ|e|s|s ln dantltlun. Fussll avldanca
Iur thls saclas und A. J||| ranulns hlhly Irunantury,
su uddltlunul lnIurnutlun ls naadad tu undarstund thalr
uncastrul ralutlunshls wlth uthar hunlnld saclas.
Kenyonthrcpus p|oytcps: Anuthar naw saclas thut hus
baan ruusad busad un u Iussll skull thut dutas tu 3.5
nyu. Huwavar, nuny schulurs ballava thut thls saclnan
nuy ba Aust|J|u|t|ecus JlJ|e|s|s.
Austro|cp|thec|ne tro|ts ond behov|cr: Althuuh uustrulu-
lthaclna trults und suclul bahuvlur ranuln uncartuln, unthru-
ululsts huva nuda lnIarancas busad un lnslht Irun tha
study uI nunhunun rlnutas.
1cc| use: lt ls unclaur whathar uustululthaclnas nuda und
usad tuuls. Bacuusa suna llvln nunhunun rlnutas nudlIy
nutarluls tu usa us slnla tuuls, unthruululsts lnIar thut
uustrululthaclnas anuad ln slnllur uctlvltlas. Bunas thut
nuy axhlblt cut nurks Irun stuna tuuls huva baan Iuund dut-
ln tu 2.5 nyu ln ussuclutlun wlth Iusslls uI Aust|J|u|t|ecus
J|||, but thls avldanca stlll ranulns tha subjact uI dabuta.
Ccmmun|cot|cn: Austrululthaclnas rububly cunnunl-
cutad thruuh cull systans slnllur tu thusa ussassad by
llvln nunhunun rlnutas
Hunt|ng: Llka chlnunaas, uustrululthaclnas nuy huva
huntad Iur snull una. Huwavar, tha luck uI wldasraud
avldanca Iur stuna tuul nunuIuctura und huntln uctlvl-
tlas ut uustrululthlclna sltas suasts thut thasa saclas
luckad tha cuuclty Iur nura cunlax alanants uI tachnul-
uy und suclul bahuvlur chuructarlstlc uI tha anus |umu.
THE GENUS HONO
Manbars uI tha anus Hcmc lncluda nudarn hununs
und hunun uncasturs Iulluwln tha dlvaranca Irun tha
Aust|J|u|t|ecus llna. Tha aurly nanbars uI tha anus cuax-
lstad ln AIrlcu wlth rubust uustrululthaclnas untll uruxl-
nutaly 1 nyu. Manbars uI tha anus ura dlstlnulshad Irun
uustrululthaclnas by substuntlully rautar cron|o| copoc|ty.
Hcmc hob|||s: Fussll ranulns uI thls saclas dutln Irun
uruxlnutaly 2.4-1.8 nyu Irun Eust AIrlcu shuw u slnlI-
cuntly lurar bruln thun uny uI tha uustrululthaclnas.
Hcmc rudc|fens|s: A saclas cuntanurunauus und hlh-
ly slnllur tu |umu |J|||s, but axhlbltln lurar nulurs, u
bruudar Iuca, und u lass runuuncad brcw r|dge-u thlck
rlda uI buna uvar tha ayas. Muny ulauunthruululsts
urua thut |umu |uJu|le|s|s rarasants vurlutlun wlthln
|umu |J|||s ruthar thun u sauruta saclas.
Hcmc erectus: Tha Irst hunlnld saclas tu axund uut uI
AIrlcu lntu tha suutharn urtluns uI Aslu und Eurua.
Eurllast Iussll avldanca Iur |umu e|ectus cunas Irun
AIrlcu (uruxlnutaly 1.8 nyu), wlth saclnans Irun Juvu
thut nuy ba Irun ruuhly tha suna tlna. Racant Iusslls
Irun tha raubllc uI Caurlu huva baan dutad tu 1.7 nyu.
Tha Iussll ranulns uI tha nust cunlata |umu e|ectus
saclnan (1. nyu) ura knuwn us tha Nor|ckctcme bcy.
|umu e|ectus wus chuructarlad by u s|gn|hcont|y |orger
bro|n thun uny ravluus hunlnld saclas-uruxlnutaly
twlca us lura us tha bruln uI uustrululthaclnas und wlthln
tha luw and uI tha runa Iur unutunlcully nudarn hununs.
|umu e|ectus hud snullar nulurs und lurar Irunt taath
thun aurllar hunlnlds, und u strunar skull tu ruvlda raut-
ar rutactlun Iur tha bruln. Dlstlnctlva skull Iauturas lncluda
u nusslva bruw rlda, u thlck ruundad rlda ulun tha crast
uI tha skull cullad u sog|tto| kee|, und u rlda uI buna cullad
un ccc|p|to| bun thut uttuchad tu nusslva nack nusclas.
Suna ulauunthruululsts daslnuta tha aurllast |umu
e|ectus Iusslls ln AIrlcu us u sauruta saclas, |umu e|Jste|,
but nuny rasaurchars ballava thasa aurly AIrlcun saclnans
raIact naraly ralunul vurlutluns wlthln u slnla saclas.
Hcmc cres|ens|s: A vary naw Ind Irun tha lsulutad lslund uI
Fluras, lndunaslu, dutln Irun baIura 3,000 BCE tu ut laust
1,000 BCE, Iuund ulun wlth stuna tuuls und ranulns uI dwurI
alahunts und kunudu druuns. Thls saclas, whusa uvarull
sla und crunlul cuuclty cunura tu tha snullast uustrululth-
aclnas knuwn Irun AIrlcu, ls rasunubly tha rasult uI dwurIn
uI un uncastrul |umu e|ectus uulutlun dua tu lsulutlun.
Hcmc sop|ens: Thls saclas daslnutlun lncludas unutunl-
cully nudarn hununs, knuwn us |umu sJ|e|s sJ|e|s, und
thalr nust racant uncasturs, raIarrad tu us urchulc |umu sJ|-
e|s. Crunlul cuuclty ls lurar ralutlva tu |umu e|ectus, und tha
skull ls nura ruundad tu uccunnuduta u lurar bruln.
Archo|c Hcmc sop|ens: Thls daslnutlun raIars tu tha aurllast
saclnans usslnad tu tha suna saclas us nudarn hununs,
dutln Irun 300,000-30,000 BCE ln AIrlcu, Aslu, und Eurua.
Fussll ranulns ussuclutad wlth thls daslnutlun ura trun-
sltlunul batwaan |umu e|ectus und unutunlcully nudarn
hununs. Thay ussass u hauvy bruw rlda und uthar cru-
nlul Iauturas chuructarlstlc uI |umu e|ectus cuulad wlth
tha lura crunlul cuuclty chuructarlstlc uI |umu sJ|e|s.
Neondertho|s: Ona ruu uI urchulc |umu sJ|e|s, hus
ultarnutlvaly baan usslnad u unlqua subsaclas daslnut-
ad |umu sJ|e|s |eJ|Je|t|J|e|s|s und u sauruta saclas
knuwn us |umu |eJ|Je|t|J|e|s|s.
Naundarthuls wara chuructarlad by u stucky bulld,
lura juws, dlstlnct bruw rldas, sluln Iucas, und u
lurar uvarua bruln sla thun nudarn hununs.
Tha Iussll racurd lndlcutas thut Naundarthuls axlstad ln
tha Naur Eust und Eurua Irun uruxlnutaly 130,000-
30,000 BCE und cuaxlstad wlth unutunlcully nudarn
hununs Iur thuusunds uI yaurs.
Mcdern Hcmc sop|ens: Daslnutad |umu sJ|e|s sJ|e|s,
thls saclas lncludas ull unutunlcully nudarn hununs Irun
100,000 BCE tu tha rasant.
Tha aurllast unutunlcully nudarn hunun Iusslls huva baan
racuvarad Irun sltas ln Suuth AIrlcu und tha Naur Eust.
Thasa Iusslls axhlblt slandar trunks und llnbs, hlh und
ruundar bruln cusas, nura runuuncad Iurahaud raluns,
und tha nurkad chlns chuructarlstlc uI nudarn hununs.
Fusslls uI nudarn hununs ln Eurua und suuthaust Aslu
duta tu uruund 40,000 BCE.
THEDRlES DF mDDERN HUmAN DRlGlNS
5|ng|e-cr|g|n thecry: Alsu cullad ve thecry ur tha m|tcchcn-
dr|o| ve thecry, thls thaury ustulutas thut nudarn hununs
avulvad ln AIrlcu und sraud uut tu tha uthar cuntlnants,
ralucln tha Naundarthuls und uthar urchulc |umu sJ|e|s.
Evldanca ln suurt uI thls thaury cunas Irun m|tcchcn-
dr|o| DNA (ntDNA), whlch ls ussad un ldantlcully Irun
nuthar tu uIIsrln unlass u nututlun uccurs.
Fraquanclas uI nututluns und daraa uI vurlutlun ln
ntDNA unun llvln uulutluns suasts thut u cunnun
uncastur tu ull tha wurld's hununs llvad ln AIrlcu uruund
200,000 BCE und sraud alsawhara uItar 135,000 BCE.
Huwavar, nu Iusslls uI nudarn |umu sJ|e|s dutln tu thls
ua huva yat baan racuvarad.
Mu|t|reg|cno| thecry: Tha ultarnutlva thaury uruas thut
|umu e|ectus avulvad lntu nudarn |umu sJ|e|s lndaan-
dantly ln AIrlcu, Aslu, und Eurua.
Naw trults suwnad by nututluns cuuld huva ussad
unun tha uulutluns ln tha vurluus uraus thruuh gene
cw us u rasult uI lntarbraadln.
Advucutas uI thls thaury clta slnllurltlas wlthln auch cuntl-
nant batwaan |umu e|ectus Iauturas und Iauturas uI nudarn
hununs llvln wlthln auch cuntlnant. Thay ulsu cluln thut tha
ruta uI ntDNA nututlun nuy ba nuch sluwar und thut tha
cunnun uncastur nuy huva baan u |umu e|ectus ln AIrlcu.
B|o|og|co||y, humons xh|b|l d|vers|ty |n o vor|ly ol mnlo|
ond phys|co| lro|ls. B|o|og|co| onlhropo|og|sls documnl
lh|s d|vrs|ly by sludy|ng humon phys|o|ogy ond gnl|cs.
RACE
Anthruululsts vlaw roce us u culturul cunstructlun.
Hlsturlcully, suclatlas huva dlstlnulshad dlIIarant ethn|c
grcups (uItan busad un dlIIarancas ln skln culur) und huva
ballavad thut dlvlsluns raIact blululcully sauruta rucas.
SclantlIc rasaurch, huwavar, hus shuwn thut rucas cunnut ba
daInad blululcully. Hunun blululcul trults du nut Iull wlthln
dlscrata dlvlsluns ussuclutad wlth athnlc ruus. lnstaud,
trults axhlblt vurlutlun ulun u cuntlnuuus sactrun.
Tuduy, blululcul unthruululsts luca nura anhusls un tryln
tu ex|J|| hunun blululcul dlvarslty thun un tryln tu c|Jss|ly
hununs by ruca blululcully. Thay nuw undarstund dlIIarancas
ln skln culur ln tarns uI tha lntarluy uI tha anvlrunnant und
anas thruuh tha rucass uI noturo| se|ect|cn (see e|uw).
lNTELLlGENCE
Althuuh |nte|||gence vurlas wldaly ucruss dlIIarant hunun
lndlvlduuls, unthruululcul rasaurch hus danunstrutad claurly
thut thasa dlIIarancas du nut axtand tu antlra ruus.
Scuras un |nte|||gence ond opt|tude tests du sunatlnas
axhlblt dlIIarancas unun ruus. Rasaurch hus shuwn, huw-
avar, thut thasa scura vurlutluns rasult Irun dlIIarant suclul
anvlrunnants ruthar thun dlIIarant anatlc cuucltlas.
Bacuusa lntalllanca tasts ura thansalvas anarutad by
lndlvlduuls wlth urtlculur culturul und aducutlunul buck-
ruunds, nanbars uI ruus whu shura tha suna cultura,
cluss, ur aducutlun us tha crauturs uI tha tasts anarully
scura hlhar thun thusa Irun dlIIarant ruus.
KEY TERmS
Adoptot|cn: A anatlc trult thut runts lnruvad ublllty tu
survlva, raruduca, und wlthstund anvlrunnantul chuna.
Blululcul udututlun, cuulad wlth culturul udututlun, hus
anublad hununs tu sattla vlrtuully ull curnars uI tha wurld.
Acc||mot|zot|cn: Physlululcul chunas thut uccur ln rasunsa
tu anvlrunnantul cundltluns durln un lndlvlduul's llIatlna.
Cenctype: Tha urruy uI anas thut un lndlvlduul ussassas.
Phenctype: Tha ubsarvubla trults un lndlvlduul ussassas.
Phanutya rasults Irun u cunblnutlun uI anutya und tha
lnIuanca uI anvlrunnantul Iucturs.
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HUmAN BlDLDGlCAL DlVERSlTY
Anthrcpc|cgy |s lh comprhns|v sludy ol humon
b|ngs. Ih lrm dr|vs lrom lh Or| words onlhropos
| humons or humon||nd| ond |ogos | sludy|.
Anthruululsts tuka u hc||st|c opprcoch, studyln tha antlra-
ty uI tha hunun cundltlun und ull usacts uI ull hunun ruus,
blululcully und culturully, ln tha rasant und tha ust.
Anthruululsts nulntuln u crcss-cu|turo| perspect|ve, study-
ln und cunurln ull ust und rasant hunun suclatlas. Thay
cunsldar tha busls Iur d|vers|ty ln tarns uI buth bluluy und cul-
tura, cuntrlbutln tu knuwlada ubuut tha rulas thut "nutura"
und "nurtura" luy ln daInln hunun slnllurlty und dlvarslty.
BlDLDGlCAL ANTHRDPDLDGY
8|c|cg|co| onthrcpc|cgy: Tha study uI hunun blululcul vurlu-
tlun und avulutlun, lncludln hunun anatlcs, hysluluy, und
tha blululcul udututluns uI llvln hununs. lt druws un Iussll
avldanca uI uur hunun uncasturs tu study hunun avulutlun.
Dstec|cgy: Tha study uI axcuvutad hunun bunas ln urdar tu
racunstruct ua, sax, andar, dlat, und anarul haulth.
Pr|motc|cgy: Tha study uI llvln rlnutas und thalr uncas-
turs. Prlnutululsts uttant tu uln lnslht lntu tha suclul
llIa und bahuvlur uI hunun uncasturs und tu datarnlna whut
dlstlnulshas hununs Irun uthar unlnul saclas.
ARCHAEDLDGY
Archoec|cgy: Tha study uI ust hunun culturas thruuh axcu-
vutlun uI nutarlul ranulns.
Preh|stcr|c orchoec|cgy ls tha study uI suclatlas rlur tu tha
lnvantlun uI wrltln, wharaus h|stcr|c orchoec|cgy ls tha
study uI ust lltaruta suclatlas thruuhuut tha luba.
Archuaululsts study ort|focts (nutarluls nudlIad by hununs)
und tha ranulns uI feotures (urchltacturul ranulns, haurths,
lts, und uthar nutarlul ranulns uI ust hunun uctlvltlas). Thay
ulsu study ruulns uI urtlIucts und Iauturas knuwn us s|tes,
us wall us tha urrunanant uI sltas thruuhuut tha lundscua.
Archuaululsts racunstruct und lntarrat ust wuys uI llIa
und thalr cu|turo| evc|ut|cn (trunsIurnutlun uvar tlna, wlth-
uut lnlyln uny lnavltubla rurasslun).
CULTURAL ANTHRDPDLDGY
Cu|turo| onthrcpc|cgy: Tha study uI llvln hunun culturas.
thncgrophy: Tha datullad dascrltlun uI u cuntanurury
cultura thruuh dlract ubsarvutlun.
thnc|cgy: A cruss-culturul avuluutlun uI u tulc usln ath-
nuruhlc dutu.
thnch|stcry: Tha study uI culturas Irun tha racant ust thruuh
avldanca Irun hlsturlc ducunants und aurly athnuruhlc und
athnululcul rasaurch. Ethnuhlstury cuts ucruss dlIIarant dlscl-
llnas, lncludln unthruuluy, urchuauluy, und hlstury.
LlNGUlSTlC ANTHRDPDLDGY
L|ngu|st|c onthrcpc|cgy: Tha study uI lunuua und cunnunlcu-
tlun, lncludln llnks batwaan lunuua und cultura, davalunant
und usa uI lunuua, und chunas ln lunuua uvar tlna.
5tructuro| ||ngu|st|cs: Tha study uI unlvarsul Iauturas uI lun-
uua, vurlutlun wlthln lunuuas, und tha nunnar ln whlch
lunuua raIacts culturul arcatluns und ballaIs.
H|stcr|co| ||ngu|st|cs: Tha study uI unclant lunuuas us u nauns
tu racunstruct hlsturlcul ralutlunshls batwaan culturas.
5cc|c||ngu|st|cs: Tha study uI tha ralutlunshl batwaan suclul
dlIIarancas und lunuua wlthln culturas und ucruss culturas.
HUmAN BlDLDGlCAL EVDLUTlDN
HDmlNlDS
CULTURE AND ETHNlClTY
CULTURE
Cu|ture ls tha cantrul cuncat ln unthruuluy. lt cunslsts uI tha
shurad custuns, trudltluns, vuluas, ldaus, und nutarlul rud-
ucts uI u urtlculur ruu uI aula.
Cultura antulls tha tcto||ty cf the humon exper|ence, sun-
nln bahuvlurul, ldautlunul, und nutarlul dlnansluns. Cultura
ls un|que tc humons und arhus tha Iuranust usact uI
hununklnd thut dlstlnulshas us Irun uthar unlnuls. Cultura
ruvldas u daraa uI ccnt|nu|ty ln tha bahuvlurs, thuuhts,
und ruductlun uI nutarlul uuds wlthln u ruu.
Anthruululsts dlstlnulsh cultura Irun scc|ety (u ruu uI
hununs llvln tuathar ln u shurad tarrltury). As wa saa ln
nutluns tuduy, nultlla culturas nuy axlst wlthln u slnla suclaty
us u rasult uI rucassas llka nlrutlun ur culturul lntaructlun.
Dehn|t|cns cf cu|ture: Anthruululsts huva sat Iurth nuny daInl-
tluns uI cultura slnca tha luta 1800s. Euch daInltlun anhuslas
dlIIarant usacts daandln un tha urlantutlun uI tha rasaurchar.
8ehov|cro| ond |deot|cno| cu|ture: ln P||m|t|ve Cu|tu|e (1871),
Edwurd B. Tylur daInas cultura us "thut cunlax whula whlch
lncludas knuwlada, ballaI, urt, nuruls, luw, custun und uny
uthar cuubllltlas uI nun us u nanbar uI suclaty."
Tha behov|cro| ospect uI cultura lnvulvas u sat uI cus-
tcms (radlsusltluns tuwurd cartuln uctluns).
Tha |deot|cno| ospect cunslsts uI u urtlculur wcr|d-
v|ew ur ccsmc|cgy (u sat uI ballaIs und vuluas).
Cultura duas nut dlctuta bahuvlur und ballaIs but ruthar pre-
d|spcses nanbars tu urtlculur bahuvlurs und thuuhts.
Moter|o| cu|ture: Cultura ulsu hus u nutarlul usact thut urlsas
Irun tha trunsIurnutlun uI nutarluls thruuh hunun uctlun.
Mutarlul cultura cunslsts uI tha bullt, nutarlul anvlrunnant
wlthln whlch tha nanbars uI u cultura raslda, lncludln ort|-
focts (nutarluls nudlIad by hununs) und bu||t structures
(Irun snull dwalllns tu nununantul ubllc urchltactura).
Systans uI bahuvlur und ballaI lnIuanca tha cunstructlun
uI nutarlul cultura, cunvarsaly, nutarlul cultura ralnIurcas
und lnIuancas systans uI bahuvlur und ballaI.
Attr|butes cf cu|ture: Thuuh culturas ucruss tha luba axhlblt
raut dlvarslty, ull hunun culturas shura kay uttrlbutas. Cultura ls.
Leorned: Cultura ussas thruuh tha anarutluns vlu laurn-
ln ruthar thun bluluy (us wlth lnstlnct ln uthar unlnuls). Tha
rucass uI laurnln cultura us u chlld ls cullad encu|turot|cn.
5ymbc||c: Trunsnlsslun uI cultura daands uun hununs' ubll-
lty tu usa symbc|s, slns thut baur nu nuturul ralutlunshl tu
whut thay slnlIy. Tha ublllty tu cuncatuulla und laurn synbuls
dlstlnulshas hununs Irun uthar unlnuls. Longuoge ls u cun-
lax varbul synbullc systan cunnun tu ull hunun culturas.
5hored: Cultura ls shurad by ull lndlvlduuls rulsad, ur encu|-
turoted, wlthln u ruu. Manbars uI u cultura shura cartuln
sats uI custuns ur bahuvlurs, wuys uI thlnkln, und dlsu-
sltluns tuwurd tha salactlun und nudlIcutlun uI nutarluls.
Paula anarully shura culturul trults wlth nanbars uI u
suclaty whu shura tha suna ralun uI urlln, rallluus buck-
ruund, ur uthar ruu uIIllutlun. Anthruululsts cull ruus
ur subruus wlthln u lurar suclaty subcu|tures.
|ntegroted: All usacts uI cultura ura uttarnad, lntarutad
systans. Ecununlc systans, ulltlcul systans, systans uI
klnshl und dascant, nurrlua, andar, ralllun, und tha urts
ura cunnactad. chuna ln una nuy laud tu chuna ln uthars.
Adopt|ve: Cultura ls u nauns uI udututlun. Othar unlnuls
udut tu chunln anvlrunnantul cundltluns thruuh blulul-
cul udututlun uluna, hununs udut blululcully J|J cultur-
ully, thruuh chunas ln nutarluls, bahuvlurs, und ldaus.
Culturul udututlun hus ulluwad hununs tu lnhublt hursh
hyslcul anvlrunnants thruuhuut tha luba.
Culturas nuy ulsu ussass mo|odopt|ve trults thut llnlt ur
dlnlnlsh chuncas Iur survlvul und raruductlun. A ruu's
dalatlun uI strutalc rasuurcas, Iur axunla, nuy andun-
ar lts lun-tarn survlvul.
Cu|ture chonge: All hunun culturas chuna uvar tlna, vlu u
nunbar uI dlIIarant nachunlsns.
D|ffus|cn: Tha sraud uI culturul trults unun suclatlas,
thruuh nlrutlun, truda, ur uthar lntaructlun.
Accu|turot|cn: Tha axchuna uI culturul trults unun suclatlas,
ln whlch u suburdlnuta ruu uduts tha trults uI tha dunlnunt
ruu. Buth ruus cuntlnua tu nulntuln sauruta ldantltlas.
Ass|m||ot|cn: Tha udutlun uI u dunlnunt cultura by suburdl-
nuta ruus. Asslnllutlun ls ucculturutlun tu tha ulnt thut sub-
urdlnuta ruus nu lunar axlst us sauruta culturul ldantltlas.
|ndependent |nvent|cn: Tha rlsa uI slnllur culturul trults ln
dlIIarant culturas thut ura |ut lntaructln wlth auch uthar.
Fur axunla, suclatlas ln tha Anarlcus lnvantad urlcultura
lndaandantly und wlthuut cuntuct wlth suclatlas ln Eurua
thut ulsu hud lnvantad urlcultura.
Key terms |n the study cf cu|ture:
thnccentr|sm: Judln uthar culturas by tha stundurds und vul-
uas uI una's uwn cultura ruthar thun by tha saclIc stundurds
und vuluas uI thut cultura. Ethnucantrlsn lauds aula tu vlaw
thalr uwn cultura us suarlur und uthar culturas us lnIarlur.
Cu|turo| re|ot|v|sm: Tha ldau thut tha bahuvlur, vuluas, und
stundurds uI u cultura shuuld ba judad unly wlthln tha cun-
taxt uI thut cultura. Anthruululsts uln tu dascrlba culturas
ubjactlvaly und nut juda than thruuh tha lans uI tha vuluas
und nurullty uI thalr uwn culturas.
Cu|turo| un|verso|s: Culturul trults (a.., lunuua, nurrlua, dlvl-
slun uI lubur, budy urnunantutlun, dacurutlva urt, ballaI ln tha
suarnuturul) thut ull hunun culturas shura. Asacts uI thasa
trults vury, but thalr rasanca ls unlvarsul. Suna unthruululsts
ballava thut thls unlvarsullty raIacts un lnnuta hunun cuuclty
Iur cultura thut dlstlnulshas hununs Irun uthar unlnuls.
ETHNlClTY
thn|c|ty ls u sansa uI ldantlIcutlun wlth u urtlculur athnlc
ruu und tha usslnnant uI aula tu thls ruu by uthars.
An ethn|c grcup shuras cunnun urllns, lunuua, und hls-
tury, und ussassas slnllur custuns, vuluas, und ballaIs.
Ethnlc ruus shura u cultura und, us tha rasult uI nlrutlun
ur uthar hlsturlcul rucassas, nuy axlst us sauruta subcul-
turas wlthln u lurar suclaty.
Tha daraa tu whlch athnlc ruus nuy undaru ucculturutlun
ur usslnllutlun tu tha dunlnunt cultura wlthln u suclaty vurlas.
mETHDDS
|och ol lh subl|ds ol onlhropo|ogy uss d|llrnl
he|d methcds lo co||cl dolo, os w|| os d|llrnl
mlhods lor |nterpret|ng lh|s dolo oblo|nd |n lh l|d.
mETHDDS lN BlDLDGlCAL ANTHRDPDLDGY
Anthrcpcmetry: Mausuranant uI hunun budy urts, uI
buth llvln hununs und skalatul ranulns, tu study nutrltlun,
davalunant, und blululcul udututlun.
Dstec|cgy: Tha usa uI skalatul bluluy tachnlquas tu racun-
struct ua, sax, andar, dlat, und anarul haulth dutu Irun
hunun skalatul ranulns. Tha saclullad study uI lnjury und
dlsausa ln skalatul ranulns ls cullad po|ecpothc|cgy.
Pr|motc|cgy: Flrst-hund ubsarvutlun uI nunhunun rlnuta
bahuvlur ln axarlnantul sattlns, uus, und rlnutas' nutu-
rul anvlrunnants.
Mc|ecu|or onthrcpc|cgy: Tha usa uI anatlc unulysls tach-
nlquas tu study hunun avulutlun, ussass tha daraa uI ralut-
adnass batwaan hununs und llvln rlnuta saclas, und
racunstruct hlsturlcul uttarns uI hunun nlrutlun.
Po|econthrcpc|cgy: Tha study uI hunun avulutlun Irun
fcss||s, tha hurdanad ranulns uI unclant lunt und unlnul
llIa. Pulauunthruululsts usa tha suna tachnlquas Iur axcu-
vutln und dutln Iusslls thut urchuaululsts usa.
ARCHAEDLDGlCAL mETHDDS
5urvey: A systanutlc axunlnutlun uI u ralun tu ldantlIy
urchuaululcul sltas.
Pedestr|on survey lnvulvas tha usa uI vlsuul lndlcuturs ut
tha surIuca tu ldantlIy sltas.
kemcte sens|ng usas nudarn tachnuluy tu ldantlIy sltas.
Aer|o| phctcgrophy und sote|||te |mog|ng nuy ru-
vlda cluas tu slta lucutluns thut ura nut raudlly uurant
Irun tha surIuca.
Othar tachnlquas, such us gecmognet|c sens|ng und
grcund-penetrot|ng rodor, ldantlIy ununullas wlthln
tha Eurth's nunatlc Iald ur sulls thut nuy ba churuc-
tarlstlc uI Iauturas wlthln burlad urchuaululcul sltas.
xcovot|cn: CuraIul ranuvul uI sull Irun u slta. All lnIurnu-
tlun un tha lucutlun uI sull tyas, urtlIucts, und Iauturas ls
curaIully racurdad. Archuaululsts usa dutu Irun axcuvutlun
tu lntarrat ust culturul uctlvltlas cunductad ut sltas.
Dot|ng methcds: Tachnlquas tu datarnlna tha ua uI axcu-
vutad Iusslls, urtlIucts, und Iauturas.
ke|ot|ve dot|ng: Usa uI sull und ruck stroto ur tha rasanca
uI Iusslls ur urtlIucts uI knuwn ua tu datarnlna tha ua uI
Iusslls, urtlIucts, ur sull strutu ln ralutlun tu una unuthar.
Muny ralutlva dutln tachnlquas raly un strot|grophy, tha
study uI tha uccunulutlun uI sulls und ruck ln strutu.
Low cf superpcs|t|cn: Burruwad Irun auluy, stlulutas
thut, dua tu sadlnant Iurnutlun rucassas uvar tlna,
luwar strutu ura uldar und hlhar strutu ura yuunar.
Absc|ute dot|ng: Tha datarnlnutlun uI uctuul nunarlcul
ua uI Iusslls, urtlIucts, ur strutu. Muny ubsuluta dutln
tachnlquas raly un tha knuwn ruta uI rudluuctlva dacuy uI
unstob|e |sctcpes-vurlatlas uI alanants thut huva unstu-
bla nuclal. SaclIc tachnlquas lncluda rudlucurbun dutln,
utusslun-urun dutln, tharnulunlnascanca dutln, uru-
nlun sarlas dutln, und alactrun sln rasununca dutln.
mETHDDS lN CULTURAL ANTHRDPDLDGY
Port|c|pont cbservot|cn: Tha rlnury nauns uI ubtulnln athnu-
ruhlc dutu un culturas, ln whlch tha unthruululst llvas wlthln
u cultura Iur un axtandad arlud us buth un uctlva urtlclunt ln
und ubsarvar uI custuns, ructlcas, bahuvlurs, suclul lntaruc-
tlun, rltuuls, caranunlas, und uthar uccurrancas ln tha dully llIa
uI tha nanbars uI tha ruu. Ethnuruhars ulsu ubtuln dutu
Irun cunvarsutluns und Iurnul ur lnIurnul lntarvlaws.
Key |nfcrmonts: Knuwladaubla aula wlthln u cultura
wlth whun tha unthruululst astubllshas u ralutlunshl und
whu ruvlda lnIurnutlun ubuut cartuln usacts uI thalr cul-
tura. Tha lnIurnutlun thut kay lnIurnunts ruvlda hals tha
unthruululst lntarrat hls ur har ubsarvutluns. Sunatlnas,
kay lnIurnunts bacuna culluburuturs ln tha rasaurch.
Ceneo|cg|co| methcd: A systan uI dluruns und synbuls
thut culturul unthruululsts usa tu racurd ralutlunshls uI
klnshl, dascant, und nurrlua.
m|c perspect|ve: An lnsldar's arsactlva un u cultura.
Ethnuruhars strlva tu uchlava un undarstundln uI u cul-
tura Irun un anlc arsactlva.
t|c perspect|ve: An uutsldar's arsactlva un u cultura. An
atlc arsactlva lncludas tha laval uI ubstruct cutaurlas und
axlunutluns usad wlthln unthruululcul thaurlas tu undar-
stund cruss-culturul cunurlsuns.
mETHDDS lN LlNGUlSTlC ANTHRDPDLDGY
Progmot|cs: Tha study uI lunuua ln usa, un tha busls uI tua
racurdlns ur vldau racurdlns uI uctuul hunun cunvarsutlun.
H|stcr|co| ||ngu|st|cs: Tha usa uI Iurnul nathuds tu ldan-
tlIy chunas ln lunuua uvar tlna und ucruss raluns. Tha
daraa uI slnllurlty batwaan rasant lunuuas ls usad tu
racunstruct uncastrul lunuuas und lunuua Iunlly traas.
EVDLUTlDN AND GENETlCS
EVDLUTlDN
DaInad anarully, evc|ut|cn ls tha trunsIurnutlun uI llvln thlns uvar lun tlna arluds.
ln tha nld-1800s, twu Brltlsh rasaurchars, Chor|es Dorw|n und A|fred kusse| Wo||oce, trlad tu ldan-
tlIy tha nachunlsn thut cuusad urunlsns tu trunsIurn und naw saclas tu anara uvar tlna.
Wurkln lndaandantly, Durwln und Wulluca buth cuncludad thut noturo| se|ect|cn wus tha
nachunlsn bahlnd avulutlun. Thay lntruducad tha thaury ln u julnt rasantutlun ln 1858,
und Durwln aluburutad un lt ln O| t|e O|||| ul Sec|es (185).
Accurdln tu tha thaury uI nuturul salactlun, urunlsns thut huva trults bast sultad tu urtlculur
anvlrunnantul cundltluns huva battar uurtunltlas Iur survlvul und raruductlun. As u rasult,
thasa Iuvurubla trults ura trunsnlttad ln rautar ruurtluns tu succaadln anarutluns uI
urunlsns. Ovar tlna, urunlsns wlth tha trults andura, whlla thusa wlthuut tha trults dla uut.
GENETlCS
Fur nuturul salactlun tu tuka luca, blululcul vurlutluns nust axlst wlthln uulutluns und nust
ba ussad un dlIIarantlully tu subsaquant anarutluns. Tha study uI genet|cs ulluws un undar-
stundln uI thasa cuusas uI blululcul vurlutlun.
ln tha 180s, Austrlun butunlst Cregcr Mende| cunductad u sarlas uI braadln axarlnants
wlth au lunts thut luld tha Iuundutlun Iur tha study uI anatlcs.
Mandal cuncludad thut haradlty ls datarnlnad by dlstlnct unlts, nuw knuwn us genes.
Canas nuy ba dcm|nont ur recess|ve. Dunlnunt anas nusk uthar anas und ura axrassad
ln un urunlsn's hanutya whanavar thay ura rasant. Racasslva anas ura nunlIast ln un
urunlsn's hanutya unly lI anas Iur ussuclutad dunlnunt anas ura ubsant.
KEY TERmS
C||ne: Tha ruduul runa uI vurlutlun ln ana Iraquanclas batwaan uulutluns. C||no| d|str|-
but|cns cunslst uI unas un nus dalctln tha lucutluns uI anatlc trults.
DNA (decxyr|bcnuc|e|c oc|d[: Tha chanlcul thut cudas lnIurnutlun ln un urunlsn's anas
und thus datarnlnas tha urunlsn's anatlc nukau.
Mutot|cn: An ultarutlun ln un lndlvlduul urunlsn's anatlc nukau.
Cenet|c dr|ft: A chuna ln ana Iraquanclas wlthln u snull uulutlun us u rasult uI rundun
ultarutlun ruthar thun nuturul salactlun.
Cene cw: Tha trunsIar uI anatlc nutarlul batwaan uulutluns uI tha suna saclas thruuh
nutln und raruductlun.
5pec|es: A uulutlun uI urunlsns cuubla uI nutln und ruducln uIIsrln thut ura than-
salvas cuubla uI survlvul und raruductlun.
5pec|ot|cn: Chuna wlthln tha anatlc nukau uI u uulutlun uvar tlna untll tha ulnt thut
u naw saclas davalus.
PRlmATES
Ih zoo|og|co| ordr Pr|motes |nc|uds pros|m|ons, mon|ys, ops, ond humons.
PRlmATDLDGY
Pr|motc|cg|sts study rlnuta avulutlun und tha bahuvlur uI llvln nunhunun rlnutas ln urdar
tu uln lnslht lntu tha suclul llIa und bahuvlur uI hunun uncasturs und tu datarnlna whut
dlstlnulshas hununs Irun uthar unlnul saclas.
Hununs huva nura thun 8% uI thalr DNA ln cunnun wlth chlnunaas und urlllus. Tha study
uI thasa clusa hunun ralutlvas ulluws unthruululsts tu nuka lnIarancas ubuut tha trults und
bahuvlurs uI hcm|n|ds, tha ruu cunslstln uI llvln hununs und axtlnct hunun uncasturs.
PRlmATE CLASSlFlCATlDN
Tha urdar P||mJtes ancunussas savarul tuxununlc ruus.
Drder
5ubcrders
|nfrocrders
5uperfom|||es
Fom|||es
Pr|motes
oll primoles
P|otyrrh|n|
New World monkeys
Cerccp|thecc|deo
Old World monkeys
Hy|cbot|doe
lesser opes
lgibbons, siomongsl
Pcng|doe
orongulons
Hcm|n|doe
gorillos,
chimponzees,
humons
Hcm|nc|deo
opes ond humons
Prcs|m||
prosimions llemurs,
lorises, lorsiersl
Cotorrh|n|
Old World monkeys,
opes, humons
Anthrcpc|deo
onlhropoids
PRlmATE EVDLUTlDN
Prlnuta avulutlun baun by ut laust tha aurly Cenczc|c ero, uruxlnutaly 5 nllllun yaurs uu
(nyu). Tha auchs uI tha Canuulc aru suw nujur davalunants ln rlnuta avulutlun.
pcch Deve|cpments
Po|eccene 65-55 myo: ros|m|ons, lh or||sl pr|mols, mrgd
ccene 54-38 myo: ros|m|ons lour|shd
D||gccene 38-23 myo: /nlhropo|ds mrgd os prdom|nonl pr|mols
M|ccene 23-6 myo: Nw onlhropo|ds mrgd, such os roconsu|, wh|ch moy b on
oncslor ol ||v|ng O|d wor|d mon|ys ond ops
6-0 myo: |or||sl hom|no|ds mrgd, |nc|ud|ng /lrop|lhcus ond Knyop|lhcus
0-5 myo: Olhr hom|no|ds mrgd, |nc|ud|ng S|vop|lhcus, O|gonlop|lhcus,
0ryop|lhcus, ond Orop|lhcus
8-5 myo: /ncslors ol humons or b||vd lo hov d|vrgd lrom lh oncslors
ol ch|mponzs ond gor|||os
Soh|onlhropus lchodns|s. / nw loss|| dol|ng lrom oboul 76 myo, moy com-
b|n lro|ls choroclr|sl|c ol ch|mponzs w|lh mor humon quo||l|s, such os
lh|c|r loolh nom| ond o |ss prolrud|ng snoul
PRlmATE TRAlTS AND BEHAVlDRS
Prlnutas ussass savarul chuructarlstlc tro|ts ond behov|crs thut dlstlnulsh than Irun uthar unl-
nuls. Thasa trults, whlch hununs shura, nuy huva baan lnIuantlul ln hunun blululcul avulutlun.
Ab|||ty tc grosp: Prlnutas huva tha ublllty tu rus ubjacts wlth thalr hunds und Iaat, und
sunatlnas wlth u rahanslla tull.
Dppcsob|e thumbs: Thunbs thut cun tuuch auch uI tha uthar Inars, whlch ulluw rl-
nutas tu rus ubjacts Irnly.
Prec|s|cn gr|p: Tha ublllty tu rus batwaan tha thunb und lndax Inar, whlch ls cruclul tu
tuul usa.
5enscry ob|||t|es: Prlnutas huva u nura ucuta sansa uI slht und lass ucuta sansa uI snall
cunurad tu uthar nunnuls. Prlnutas' sansa uI tuuch ls cuncantrutad rlnurlly wlthln tha
Inartls ruthar thun tha nula us ln uthar nunnuls.
Ccmp|ex bro|n: Prlnuta brulns Iucus nura lntanslvaly un nanury, thuuht, und ussuclutlun thun
uthar nunnul brulns. Prlnutas ulsu huva u hlhar bruln-tu-budy-sla rutlu thun uthar unlnuls.
H|gh porento| |nvestment: Prlnutas usuully lva blrth tu u slnla uIIsrln ut u tlna und ru-
vlda thut uIIsrln wlth nura lntanslva cura uvar u lunar daandancy arlud cunurad tu
uthar nunnuls.
5cc|o| grcups: Prlnutas llva wlthln ruus uI uthar nanbars uI tha suna saclas.
1cc| use: Chlnunaas (hununs' clusast rlnuta ralutlvas) huva tha ublllty tu nunuIuctura
und usa slnla tuuls tu ubtuln Iuud und wutar. Thay nudlIy twls und usa than tu ull tar-
nltas uut uI thalr nasts, und usa lauvas us racatuclas Iur wutar. Orunutuns und urlllus du
nut nuka tuuls but du huva tha ublllty tu uln und thruw ubjacts. Thasa ubllltlas wara lnur-
tunt ln tha nunuIuctura uI tuuls und rujactlla wauunry by aurly hunlnlds und hununs.
Ccmmun|cot|cn: Nunhunun rlnutas usa cull systans tu cunnunlcuta wlth una unuthar ln
suclul ruus ln thalr nuturul sattlns, und ulsu ura ubla tu laurn synbuls. Chlnunaas und
urlllus huva baan tuuht tu undarstund und usa sln lunuua, huwavar, thasa saclas huva
nut lnvantad systans uI sln lunuua lndaandantly und luck tha laval uI cunatancy wlth
synbullc bahuvlur thut hununs ussass.
Hunt|ng: Chlnunaas Iurn huntln urtlas tu hunt snull unlnuls (rlnurlly rad culubus nunkays).
Bubuuns huva baan ubsarvad huntln yuun untaluas.
DlFFERENCES BETWEEN HUmANS AND DTHER PRlmATES
5cc|o| behov|cr:
ln hunun suclatlas, tha strunast, nust urasslva lndlvlduuls du nut dunlnuta us thay du ln nun-
hunun rlnuta suclul ruus.
Hununs huva tha strunast tandancy tuwurd shurln und cuuarutlun uI ull tha rlnutas.
K|nsh|p ond morr|oge:
All hunun suclatlas Iautura suna tya uI morr|oge und u tobcc cn |ncest ln suna Iurn (see
Murrlua, ut|e| s|Je).
xcgomy (nurrlua uutslda un lndlvlduul's ruu) und k|nsh|p systems llnk hununs bayund
un lndlvlduul's lnnadluta suclul ruu. Bunds batwaan hunun uulutluns ulsu sarva us u
busls Iur uthar lun-dlstunca uctlvltlas und axchunas.
Nunhunun rlnutas luck uny rasanblunca uI po|r bcnd|ng slnllur tu nurrlua ur racunltlun
uI dascant ln tha Iurn uI kln ralutluns. Anun uas, nutln anarully uccurs whan Ianulas
antar astrus, durln uvulutlun.
ccmmcn oncestcr
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A. olriconus
H. sopiens
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A. olorensis
A. onomensis
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A. robuslus A. robuslus
A. olriconus A. olriconus
A. olorensis A. olorensis
A. onomensis A. onomensis
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rudollensis rudollensis
H. ereclus/ H. ereclus/
ergosler ergosler
H. sopiens H. sopiens
Ardipilhecus Ardipilhecus
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Hcm|n|ds |mmbrs ol lh zoo|og|co| lom||y Hom|n|do|
|nc|ud ||v|ng humons ond xl|ncl humon oncslors who
d|vrgd w|lh lh oncslors ol ch|mponzs ond gor|||os.
BlPEDALlSm
Hunlnlds ura dlstlnulshad Irun uthar rlnutas by u skalatun
udutad Iur b|pedo||sm-tha hublt uI wulkln urlht un tha
twu hlnd llnbs.
Althuuh uthar rlnuta saclas ura ubla tu stund un twu
las tanururlly, unly hunlnlds avulvad us hubltuul b|peds,
Iur whun bladullsn ls tha rlnury Iurn uI nuvanant.
Suna clusaly ralutad rlnuta saclas axhlblt knuck|e wo|k-
|ng, u uttarn uI nuvanant ln whlch lun urns und tha
knucklas uI tha hund suurt tha walht uI tha uar budy.
Savarul thecr|es fcr the cr|g|ns cf b|pedo||sm wlthln hunun
uncasturs huva baan ruusad.
Adoptot|cn tc sovonno: Bladullsn nuy huva ulluwad
rlnutas tu nuva ubuut nura Iraaly wlthln sovonno anvl-
runnants (russlund wlth scuttarad traas, ravulant ln
AIrlcu) und tu wutch uut Iur raduturs uvar tha tull russ-
as. Huwavar, avldanca Irun racant Iussll Inds suasts
thut aurly bladul hunlnlds llvad ln Iurastad uraus.
Corry|ng behov|cr: Bladullsn ulluws hunlnlds tu curry
ubjacts ln tha twu Irunt llnbs (urns), anublln tha curryln
uI Iuud und auslar trunsurtutlun uI tha yuun. Bladullsn
ulsu Iraas tha hunds tu curry tuuls und wauuns.
Fcrog|ng: Bladullsn nuy huva ulluwad buth hunds tu ba
usad Iur Iuruln saads, nuts, und barrlas nura aIIclantly.
Heot stress: Bladul lucunutlun nlnlnlas strass Irun
tha axtrana haut rasant ln tha suvunnu uI Eust AIrlcu. A
bladul stunca nlnlnlas tha urtlun uI tha budy axusad
tu tha sun, und tha dlstunca uI tha haud ubuva tha ruund
nuxlnlas axusura tu cuulln braaas.
HDmlNlD SPEClES
Thuuh suna datulls uI tha hcm|n|d fom||y tree ranuln ln
quastlun, unthruululsts anarully uraa ubuut tha rlnury
uncastrul ralutlunshls unun hunlnld saclas.
Tha llnas laudln tu chlnunaas, urlllus, und hununs ura
ballavad tu huva dlvarad sunatlna batwaan 8-5 nyu.
Fusslls uI tha aurllast hunlnlds, Irun ubuut 5.8-1.8 nyu,
huva baan Iuund sulaly ln AIrlcu, lnlyln thut hunlnlds
lnltlully anarad un thls cuntlnant.
Pulauunthruululsts anarully uraa thut thara wara
nultlla llnas uI hunlnld saclas. Tha rubust uustrulu-
lthaclnas, whlch cuaxlstad wlth tha aurly saclas uI tha
anus Hunu, ura nut cunsldarad uncastrul tu hununs und
bacuna axtlnct uruxlnutaly 1 nyu.
Hcm|n|d fom||y tree:
ARDPTHECUB RANDUB
Tha aurllast hunlnld, Ard|p|thecus rom|dus, ls rarasantad by
Iusslls Iuund ln Eust AIrlcu Irun 5.8-4.4 nyu. Tha Iusslls lndl-
cuta thut A. |Jm|Jus wus cuubla uI Iully b|pedo| mcvement
und thut lt ussassad ope||ke s|ze ond dent|t|cn (tuuth chur-
uctarlstlcs). Thasa hunlnlds lnhubltad Iurastad anvlrunnants.
AUSTRALDPlTHEClNES
Manbars uI tha anus Austro|cp|thecus (u anus uI hunlnlds
uncastrul tu tha anus |umu) cunblnad ope||ke feotures
wlth b|pedo| mcvement. Austrululthaclna bruln sla wus
tylcully unly sllhtar rautar thun tha uvarua Iur nudarn
uas. As wlth A|J||t|ecus |Jm|Jus, Iussll ranulns uI hunl-
nlds uI thls anus huva baan Iuund unly ln AIrlcu.
Croc||e oustro|cp|thec|nes: Chuructarlad by snullar dantl-
tlun und Iuclul unutuny.
Austro|cp|thecus onomens|s
Ranulns dutln Irun 4.2-3. nyu, Iuund ln Eust AIrlcu,
shuw slnllurltlas tu A|J||t|ecus |Jm|Jus.
Fusslls lndlcuta u bladul saclas wlth uallka Iauturas
but wlth thlckar nulur anunal tylcul uI lutar hunlnlds.
Austro|cp|thecus oforens|s
Ranulns uI thls saclas, dutln Irun 3.8-3.0 nyu Irun
Eust AIrlcu, cunrlsa tha lurast cullactlun uI Iusslls Iuund
Iur un uustrululthaclna saclas. Ranulns uI duans uI
lndlvlduuls huva baan Iuund, ulun wlth 40% uI u cunlata
skalatun uI u slnla lndlvlduul whu wus nunad "Lucy."
Fusslls lndlcuta u saclas udutad tu bladul nuvanant,
wlth un uallka skull und bruln sla. At tha Loetc|| 5|te
ln Tununlu, Iuutrlnts rasarvad ln nud lndlcuta thut u
ruu uI twu tu thraa hunlnlds, llkaly nanbars uI thls sa-
clas, wulkad tuathar ln u Iully bladul Iushlun 3. nyu.
Llka lutar hunlnlds, A. JlJ|e|s|s hud nusslva buck taath
und juws Iur rlndln und crushln, un udututlun Iur
autln tha cuursa vaatutlun, saads, und nuts ravulant
ln tha Eust AIrlcun suvunnu ut tha tlna. Fusslls shuw u
nurkad daraa uI sexuo| d|mcrph|sm-u shur cuntrust
ln sla ur uaurunca batwaan nulas und Ianulas.
Austro|cp|thecus ofr|conus: Fussll ranulns uI thls saclas,
Iuund ln Suuth AIrlcu und dutln Irun uruxlnutaly 3-2
nyu, rasanbla A. JlJ|e|s|s but huva nura hunun dantltlun,
lncludln bruudar lnclsurs und snull, shurt cunlna taath.
kcbust oustro|cp|thec|nes: Chuructarlad by lurar dantltlun
und Iuclul unutuny ralutlva tu ruclla uustrululthaclnas.
Austro|cp|thecus oeth|cp|cus: Knuwn Irun sursa Iussll
ranulns dutln Irun 2.7-2.3 nyu Irun Eust AIrlcu, lnclud-
ln una daslnutad us tha "Bluck Skull." Thls saclas ls
vary rubust, wlth nusslva taath und u runuuncad sog-
|tto| crest, u rlda uI buna ulun tha tu uI tha skull tu
uccunnuduta lura chawln nusclas.
Austro|cp|thecus rcbustus: Fussll ranulns dutln Irun
ubuut 2-1 nyu ln Suuth AIrlcu rasanbla A. Jl||cJ|us wlth
lura taath, nusslva juws, und u sulttul crast.
Austro|cp|thecus bc|se|: Fussll ranulns dutln Irun ubuut
2.3-1.2 nyu ln Eust AIrlcu lndlcuta u saclas wlth u juw,
nulurs, und sulttul crast lurar und nura nusslva thun A.
|uustus, thus, A. u|se| hus baan tarnad hyperrcbust.
New hnds:
Austro|cp|thecus gorh| : A naw saclas Irun Eust AIrlcu,
dutln tu ubuut 2.5 nyu, rasanblas A. JlJ|e|s|s wlth sl-
nlIcuntly lurar nulurs.
Austro|cp|thecus bohre|ghozo|| : Fuund racantly ln Chud,
dutas tu uruxlnutaly 3 nyu und axhlblts unly nlnur
vurlunca Irun A. JlJ|e|s|s ln dantltlun. Fussll avldanca
Iur thls saclas und A. J||| ranulns hlhly Irunantury,
su uddltlunul lnIurnutlun ls naadad tu undarstund thalr
uncastrul ralutlunshls wlth uthar hunlnld saclas.
Kenyonthrcpus p|oytcps: Anuthar naw saclas thut hus
baan ruusad busad un u Iussll skull thut dutas tu 3.5
nyu. Huwavar, nuny schulurs ballava thut thls saclnan
nuy ba Aust|J|u|t|ecus JlJ|e|s|s.
Austro|cp|thec|ne tro|ts ond behov|cr: Althuuh uustrulu-
lthaclna trults und suclul bahuvlur ranuln uncartuln, unthru-
ululsts huva nuda lnIarancas busad un lnslht Irun tha
study uI nunhunun rlnutas.
1cc| use: lt ls unclaur whathar uustululthaclnas nuda und
usad tuuls. Bacuusa suna llvln nunhunun rlnutas nudlIy
nutarluls tu usa us slnla tuuls, unthruululsts lnIar thut
uustrululthaclnas anuad ln slnllur uctlvltlas. Bunas thut
nuy axhlblt cut nurks Irun stuna tuuls huva baan Iuund dut-
ln tu 2.5 nyu ln ussuclutlun wlth Iusslls uI Aust|J|u|t|ecus
J|||, but thls avldanca stlll ranulns tha subjact uI dabuta.
Ccmmun|cot|cn: Austrululthaclnas rububly cunnunl-
cutad thruuh cull systans slnllur tu thusa ussassad by
llvln nunhunun rlnutas
Hunt|ng: Llka chlnunaas, uustrululthaclnas nuy huva
huntad Iur snull una. Huwavar, tha luck uI wldasraud
avldanca Iur stuna tuul nunuIuctura und huntln uctlvl-
tlas ut uustrululthlclna sltas suasts thut thasa saclas
luckad tha cuuclty Iur nura cunlax alanants uI tachnul-
uy und suclul bahuvlur chuructarlstlc uI tha anus |umu.
THE GENUS HONO
Manbars uI tha anus Hcmc lncluda nudarn hununs
und hunun uncasturs Iulluwln tha dlvaranca Irun tha
Aust|J|u|t|ecus llna. Tha aurly nanbars uI tha anus cuax-
lstad ln AIrlcu wlth rubust uustrululthaclnas untll uruxl-
nutaly 1 nyu. Manbars uI tha anus ura dlstlnulshad Irun
uustrululthaclnas by substuntlully rautar cron|o| copoc|ty.
Hcmc hob|||s: Fussll ranulns uI thls saclas dutln Irun
uruxlnutaly 2.4-1.8 nyu Irun Eust AIrlcu shuw u slnlI-
cuntly lurar bruln thun uny uI tha uustrululthaclnas.
Hcmc rudc|fens|s: A saclas cuntanurunauus und hlh-
ly slnllur tu |umu |J|||s, but axhlbltln lurar nulurs, u
bruudar Iuca, und u lass runuuncad brcw r|dge-u thlck
rlda uI buna uvar tha ayas. Muny ulauunthruululsts
urua thut |umu |uJu|le|s|s rarasants vurlutlun wlthln
|umu |J|||s ruthar thun u sauruta saclas.
Hcmc erectus: Tha Irst hunlnld saclas tu axund uut uI
AIrlcu lntu tha suutharn urtluns uI Aslu und Eurua.
Eurllast Iussll avldanca Iur |umu e|ectus cunas Irun
AIrlcu (uruxlnutaly 1.8 nyu), wlth saclnans Irun Juvu
thut nuy ba Irun ruuhly tha suna tlna. Racant Iusslls
Irun tha raubllc uI Caurlu huva baan dutad tu 1.7 nyu.
Tha Iussll ranulns uI tha nust cunlata |umu e|ectus
saclnan (1. nyu) ura knuwn us tha Nor|ckctcme bcy.
|umu e|ectus wus chuructarlad by u s|gn|hcont|y |orger
bro|n thun uny ravluus hunlnld saclas-uruxlnutaly
twlca us lura us tha bruln uI uustrululthaclnas und wlthln
tha luw and uI tha runa Iur unutunlcully nudarn hununs.
|umu e|ectus hud snullar nulurs und lurar Irunt taath
thun aurllar hunlnlds, und u strunar skull tu ruvlda raut-
ar rutactlun Iur tha bruln. Dlstlnctlva skull Iauturas lncluda
u nusslva bruw rlda, u thlck ruundad rlda ulun tha crast
uI tha skull cullad u sog|tto| kee|, und u rlda uI buna cullad
un ccc|p|to| bun thut uttuchad tu nusslva nack nusclas.
Suna ulauunthruululsts daslnuta tha aurllast |umu
e|ectus Iusslls ln AIrlcu us u sauruta saclas, |umu e|Jste|,
but nuny rasaurchars ballava thasa aurly AIrlcun saclnans
raIact naraly ralunul vurlutluns wlthln u slnla saclas.
Hcmc cres|ens|s: A vary naw Ind Irun tha lsulutad lslund uI
Fluras, lndunaslu, dutln Irun baIura 3,000 BCE tu ut laust
1,000 BCE, Iuund ulun wlth stuna tuuls und ranulns uI dwurI
alahunts und kunudu druuns. Thls saclas, whusa uvarull
sla und crunlul cuuclty cunura tu tha snullast uustrululth-
aclnas knuwn Irun AIrlcu, ls rasunubly tha rasult uI dwurIn
uI un uncastrul |umu e|ectus uulutlun dua tu lsulutlun.
Hcmc sop|ens: Thls saclas daslnutlun lncludas unutunl-
cully nudarn hununs, knuwn us |umu sJ|e|s sJ|e|s, und
thalr nust racant uncasturs, raIarrad tu us urchulc |umu sJ|-
e|s. Crunlul cuuclty ls lurar ralutlva tu |umu e|ectus, und tha
skull ls nura ruundad tu uccunnuduta u lurar bruln.
Archo|c Hcmc sop|ens: Thls daslnutlun raIars tu tha aurllast
saclnans usslnad tu tha suna saclas us nudarn hununs,
dutln Irun 300,000-30,000 BCE ln AIrlcu, Aslu, und Eurua.
Fussll ranulns ussuclutad wlth thls daslnutlun ura trun-
sltlunul batwaan |umu e|ectus und unutunlcully nudarn
hununs. Thay ussass u hauvy bruw rlda und uthar cru-
nlul Iauturas chuructarlstlc uI |umu e|ectus cuulad wlth
tha lura crunlul cuuclty chuructarlstlc uI |umu sJ|e|s.
Neondertho|s: Ona ruu uI urchulc |umu sJ|e|s, hus
ultarnutlvaly baan usslnad u unlqua subsaclas daslnut-
ad |umu sJ|e|s |eJ|Je|t|J|e|s|s und u sauruta saclas
knuwn us |umu |eJ|Je|t|J|e|s|s.
Naundarthuls wara chuructarlad by u stucky bulld,
lura juws, dlstlnct bruw rldas, sluln Iucas, und u
lurar uvarua bruln sla thun nudarn hununs.
Tha Iussll racurd lndlcutas thut Naundarthuls axlstad ln
tha Naur Eust und Eurua Irun uruxlnutaly 130,000-
30,000 BCE und cuaxlstad wlth unutunlcully nudarn
hununs Iur thuusunds uI yaurs.
Mcdern Hcmc sop|ens: Daslnutad |umu sJ|e|s sJ|e|s,
thls saclas lncludas ull unutunlcully nudarn hununs Irun
100,000 BCE tu tha rasant.
Tha aurllast unutunlcully nudarn hunun Iusslls huva baan
racuvarad Irun sltas ln Suuth AIrlcu und tha Naur Eust.
Thasa Iusslls axhlblt slandar trunks und llnbs, hlh und
ruundar bruln cusas, nura runuuncad Iurahaud raluns,
und tha nurkad chlns chuructarlstlc uI nudarn hununs.
Fusslls uI nudarn hununs ln Eurua und suuthaust Aslu
duta tu uruund 40,000 BCE.
THEDRlES DF mDDERN HUmAN DRlGlNS
5|ng|e-cr|g|n thecry: Alsu cullad ve thecry ur tha m|tcchcn-
dr|o| ve thecry, thls thaury ustulutas thut nudarn hununs
avulvad ln AIrlcu und sraud uut tu tha uthar cuntlnants,
ralucln tha Naundarthuls und uthar urchulc |umu sJ|e|s.
Evldanca ln suurt uI thls thaury cunas Irun m|tcchcn-
dr|o| DNA (ntDNA), whlch ls ussad un ldantlcully Irun
nuthar tu uIIsrln unlass u nututlun uccurs.
Fraquanclas uI nututluns und daraa uI vurlutlun ln
ntDNA unun llvln uulutluns suasts thut u cunnun
uncastur tu ull tha wurld's hununs llvad ln AIrlcu uruund
200,000 BCE und sraud alsawhara uItar 135,000 BCE.
Huwavar, nu Iusslls uI nudarn |umu sJ|e|s dutln tu thls
ua huva yat baan racuvarad.
Mu|t|reg|cno| thecry: Tha ultarnutlva thaury uruas thut
|umu e|ectus avulvad lntu nudarn |umu sJ|e|s lndaan-
dantly ln AIrlcu, Aslu, und Eurua.
Naw trults suwnad by nututluns cuuld huva ussad
unun tha uulutluns ln tha vurluus uraus thruuh gene
cw us u rasult uI lntarbraadln.
Advucutas uI thls thaury clta slnllurltlas wlthln auch cuntl-
nant batwaan |umu e|ectus Iauturas und Iauturas uI nudarn
hununs llvln wlthln auch cuntlnant. Thay ulsu cluln thut tha
ruta uI ntDNA nututlun nuy ba nuch sluwar und thut tha
cunnun uncastur nuy huva baan u |umu e|ectus ln AIrlcu.
B|o|og|co||y, humons xh|b|l d|vers|ty |n o vor|ly ol mnlo|
ond phys|co| lro|ls. B|o|og|co| onlhropo|og|sls documnl
lh|s d|vrs|ly by sludy|ng humon phys|o|ogy ond gnl|cs.
RACE
Anthruululsts vlaw roce us u culturul cunstructlun.
Hlsturlcully, suclatlas huva dlstlnulshad dlIIarant ethn|c
grcups (uItan busad un dlIIarancas ln skln culur) und huva
ballavad thut dlvlsluns raIact blululcully sauruta rucas.
SclantlIc rasaurch, huwavar, hus shuwn thut rucas cunnut ba
daInad blululcully. Hunun blululcul trults du nut Iull wlthln
dlscrata dlvlsluns ussuclutad wlth athnlc ruus. lnstaud,
trults axhlblt vurlutlun ulun u cuntlnuuus sactrun.
Tuduy, blululcul unthruululsts luca nura anhusls un tryln
tu ex|J|| hunun blululcul dlvarslty thun un tryln tu c|Jss|ly
hununs by ruca blululcully. Thay nuw undarstund dlIIarancas
ln skln culur ln tarns uI tha lntarluy uI tha anvlrunnant und
anas thruuh tha rucass uI noturo| se|ect|cn (see e|uw).
lNTELLlGENCE
Althuuh |nte|||gence vurlas wldaly ucruss dlIIarant hunun
lndlvlduuls, unthruululcul rasaurch hus danunstrutad claurly
thut thasa dlIIarancas du nut axtand tu antlra ruus.
Scuras un |nte|||gence ond opt|tude tests du sunatlnas
axhlblt dlIIarancas unun ruus. Rasaurch hus shuwn, huw-
avar, thut thasa scura vurlutluns rasult Irun dlIIarant suclul
anvlrunnants ruthar thun dlIIarant anatlc cuucltlas.
Bacuusa lntalllanca tasts ura thansalvas anarutad by
lndlvlduuls wlth urtlculur culturul und aducutlunul buck-
ruunds, nanbars uI ruus whu shura tha suna cultura,
cluss, ur aducutlun us tha crauturs uI tha tasts anarully
scura hlhar thun thusa Irun dlIIarant ruus.
KEY TERmS
Adoptot|cn: A anatlc trult thut runts lnruvad ublllty tu
survlva, raruduca, und wlthstund anvlrunnantul chuna.
Blululcul udututlun, cuulad wlth culturul udututlun, hus
anublad hununs tu sattla vlrtuully ull curnars uI tha wurld.
Acc||mot|zot|cn: Physlululcul chunas thut uccur ln rasunsa
tu anvlrunnantul cundltluns durln un lndlvlduul's llIatlna.
Cenctype: Tha urruy uI anas thut un lndlvlduul ussassas.
Phenctype: Tha ubsarvubla trults un lndlvlduul ussassas.
Phanutya rasults Irun u cunblnutlun uI anutya und tha
lnIuanca uI anvlrunnantul Iucturs.
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HUmAN BlDLDGlCAL DlVERSlTY
Anthrcpc|cgy |s lh comprhns|v sludy ol humon
b|ngs. Ih lrm dr|vs lrom lh Or| words onlhropos
| humons or humon||nd| ond |ogos | sludy|.
Anthruululsts tuka u hc||st|c opprcoch, studyln tha antlra-
ty uI tha hunun cundltlun und ull usacts uI ull hunun ruus,
blululcully und culturully, ln tha rasant und tha ust.
Anthruululsts nulntuln u crcss-cu|turo| perspect|ve, study-
ln und cunurln ull ust und rasant hunun suclatlas. Thay
cunsldar tha busls Iur d|vers|ty ln tarns uI buth bluluy und cul-
tura, cuntrlbutln tu knuwlada ubuut tha rulas thut "nutura"
und "nurtura" luy ln daInln hunun slnllurlty und dlvarslty.
BlDLDGlCAL ANTHRDPDLDGY
8|c|cg|co| onthrcpc|cgy: Tha study uI hunun blululcul vurlu-
tlun und avulutlun, lncludln hunun anatlcs, hysluluy, und
tha blululcul udututluns uI llvln hununs. lt druws un Iussll
avldanca uI uur hunun uncasturs tu study hunun avulutlun.
Dstec|cgy: Tha study uI axcuvutad hunun bunas ln urdar tu
racunstruct ua, sax, andar, dlat, und anarul haulth.
Pr|motc|cgy: Tha study uI llvln rlnutas und thalr uncas-
turs. Prlnutululsts uttant tu uln lnslht lntu tha suclul
llIa und bahuvlur uI hunun uncasturs und tu datarnlna whut
dlstlnulshas hununs Irun uthar unlnul saclas.
ARCHAEDLDGY
Archoec|cgy: Tha study uI ust hunun culturas thruuh axcu-
vutlun uI nutarlul ranulns.
Preh|stcr|c orchoec|cgy ls tha study uI suclatlas rlur tu tha
lnvantlun uI wrltln, wharaus h|stcr|c orchoec|cgy ls tha
study uI ust lltaruta suclatlas thruuhuut tha luba.
Archuaululsts study ort|focts (nutarluls nudlIad by hununs)
und tha ranulns uI feotures (urchltacturul ranulns, haurths,
lts, und uthar nutarlul ranulns uI ust hunun uctlvltlas). Thay
ulsu study ruulns uI urtlIucts und Iauturas knuwn us s|tes,
us wall us tha urrunanant uI sltas thruuhuut tha lundscua.
Archuaululsts racunstruct und lntarrat ust wuys uI llIa
und thalr cu|turo| evc|ut|cn (trunsIurnutlun uvar tlna, wlth-
uut lnlyln uny lnavltubla rurasslun).
CULTURAL ANTHRDPDLDGY
Cu|turo| onthrcpc|cgy: Tha study uI llvln hunun culturas.
thncgrophy: Tha datullad dascrltlun uI u cuntanurury
cultura thruuh dlract ubsarvutlun.
thnc|cgy: A cruss-culturul avuluutlun uI u tulc usln ath-
nuruhlc dutu.
thnch|stcry: Tha study uI culturas Irun tha racant ust thruuh
avldanca Irun hlsturlc ducunants und aurly athnuruhlc und
athnululcul rasaurch. Ethnuhlstury cuts ucruss dlIIarant dlscl-
llnas, lncludln unthruuluy, urchuauluy, und hlstury.
LlNGUlSTlC ANTHRDPDLDGY
L|ngu|st|c onthrcpc|cgy: Tha study uI lunuua und cunnunlcu-
tlun, lncludln llnks batwaan lunuua und cultura, davalunant
und usa uI lunuua, und chunas ln lunuua uvar tlna.
5tructuro| ||ngu|st|cs: Tha study uI unlvarsul Iauturas uI lun-
uua, vurlutlun wlthln lunuuas, und tha nunnar ln whlch
lunuua raIacts culturul arcatluns und ballaIs.
H|stcr|co| ||ngu|st|cs: Tha study uI unclant lunuuas us u nauns
tu racunstruct hlsturlcul ralutlunshls batwaan culturas.
5cc|c||ngu|st|cs: Tha study uI tha ralutlunshl batwaan suclul
dlIIarancas und lunuua wlthln culturas und ucruss culturas.
HUmAN BlDLDGlCAL EVDLUTlDN
HDmlNlDS
CULTURE AND ETHNlClTY
CULTURE
Cu|ture ls tha cantrul cuncat ln unthruuluy. lt cunslsts uI tha
shurad custuns, trudltluns, vuluas, ldaus, und nutarlul rud-
ucts uI u urtlculur ruu uI aula.
Cultura antulls tha tcto||ty cf the humon exper|ence, sun-
nln bahuvlurul, ldautlunul, und nutarlul dlnansluns. Cultura
ls un|que tc humons und arhus tha Iuranust usact uI
hununklnd thut dlstlnulshas us Irun uthar unlnuls. Cultura
ruvldas u daraa uI ccnt|nu|ty ln tha bahuvlurs, thuuhts,
und ruductlun uI nutarlul uuds wlthln u ruu.
Anthruululsts dlstlnulsh cultura Irun scc|ety (u ruu uI
hununs llvln tuathar ln u shurad tarrltury). As wa saa ln
nutluns tuduy, nultlla culturas nuy axlst wlthln u slnla suclaty
us u rasult uI rucassas llka nlrutlun ur culturul lntaructlun.
Dehn|t|cns cf cu|ture: Anthruululsts huva sat Iurth nuny daInl-
tluns uI cultura slnca tha luta 1800s. Euch daInltlun anhuslas
dlIIarant usacts daandln un tha urlantutlun uI tha rasaurchar.
8ehov|cro| ond |deot|cno| cu|ture: ln P||m|t|ve Cu|tu|e (1871),
Edwurd B. Tylur daInas cultura us "thut cunlax whula whlch
lncludas knuwlada, ballaI, urt, nuruls, luw, custun und uny
uthar cuubllltlas uI nun us u nanbar uI suclaty."
Tha behov|cro| ospect uI cultura lnvulvas u sat uI cus-
tcms (radlsusltluns tuwurd cartuln uctluns).
Tha |deot|cno| ospect cunslsts uI u urtlculur wcr|d-
v|ew ur ccsmc|cgy (u sat uI ballaIs und vuluas).
Cultura duas nut dlctuta bahuvlur und ballaIs but ruthar pre-
d|spcses nanbars tu urtlculur bahuvlurs und thuuhts.
Moter|o| cu|ture: Cultura ulsu hus u nutarlul usact thut urlsas
Irun tha trunsIurnutlun uI nutarluls thruuh hunun uctlun.
Mutarlul cultura cunslsts uI tha bullt, nutarlul anvlrunnant
wlthln whlch tha nanbars uI u cultura raslda, lncludln ort|-
focts (nutarluls nudlIad by hununs) und bu||t structures
(Irun snull dwalllns tu nununantul ubllc urchltactura).
Systans uI bahuvlur und ballaI lnIuanca tha cunstructlun
uI nutarlul cultura, cunvarsaly, nutarlul cultura ralnIurcas
und lnIuancas systans uI bahuvlur und ballaI.
Attr|butes cf cu|ture: Thuuh culturas ucruss tha luba axhlblt
raut dlvarslty, ull hunun culturas shura kay uttrlbutas. Cultura ls.
Leorned: Cultura ussas thruuh tha anarutluns vlu laurn-
ln ruthar thun bluluy (us wlth lnstlnct ln uthar unlnuls). Tha
rucass uI laurnln cultura us u chlld ls cullad encu|turot|cn.
5ymbc||c: Trunsnlsslun uI cultura daands uun hununs' ubll-
lty tu usa symbc|s, slns thut baur nu nuturul ralutlunshl tu
whut thay slnlIy. Tha ublllty tu cuncatuulla und laurn synbuls
dlstlnulshas hununs Irun uthar unlnuls. Longuoge ls u cun-
lax varbul synbullc systan cunnun tu ull hunun culturas.
5hored: Cultura ls shurad by ull lndlvlduuls rulsad, ur encu|-
turoted, wlthln u ruu. Manbars uI u cultura shura cartuln
sats uI custuns ur bahuvlurs, wuys uI thlnkln, und dlsu-
sltluns tuwurd tha salactlun und nudlIcutlun uI nutarluls.
Paula anarully shura culturul trults wlth nanbars uI u
suclaty whu shura tha suna ralun uI urlln, rallluus buck-
ruund, ur uthar ruu uIIllutlun. Anthruululsts cull ruus
ur subruus wlthln u lurar suclaty subcu|tures.
|ntegroted: All usacts uI cultura ura uttarnad, lntarutad
systans. Ecununlc systans, ulltlcul systans, systans uI
klnshl und dascant, nurrlua, andar, ralllun, und tha urts
ura cunnactad. chuna ln una nuy laud tu chuna ln uthars.
Adopt|ve: Cultura ls u nauns uI udututlun. Othar unlnuls
udut tu chunln anvlrunnantul cundltluns thruuh blulul-
cul udututlun uluna, hununs udut blululcully J|J cultur-
ully, thruuh chunas ln nutarluls, bahuvlurs, und ldaus.
Culturul udututlun hus ulluwad hununs tu lnhublt hursh
hyslcul anvlrunnants thruuhuut tha luba.
Culturas nuy ulsu ussass mo|odopt|ve trults thut llnlt ur
dlnlnlsh chuncas Iur survlvul und raruductlun. A ruu's
dalatlun uI strutalc rasuurcas, Iur axunla, nuy andun-
ar lts lun-tarn survlvul.
Cu|ture chonge: All hunun culturas chuna uvar tlna, vlu u
nunbar uI dlIIarant nachunlsns.
D|ffus|cn: Tha sraud uI culturul trults unun suclatlas,
thruuh nlrutlun, truda, ur uthar lntaructlun.
Accu|turot|cn: Tha axchuna uI culturul trults unun suclatlas,
ln whlch u suburdlnuta ruu uduts tha trults uI tha dunlnunt
ruu. Buth ruus cuntlnua tu nulntuln sauruta ldantltlas.
Ass|m||ot|cn: Tha udutlun uI u dunlnunt cultura by suburdl-
nuta ruus. Asslnllutlun ls ucculturutlun tu tha ulnt thut sub-
urdlnuta ruus nu lunar axlst us sauruta culturul ldantltlas.
|ndependent |nvent|cn: Tha rlsa uI slnllur culturul trults ln
dlIIarant culturas thut ura |ut lntaructln wlth auch uthar.
Fur axunla, suclatlas ln tha Anarlcus lnvantad urlcultura
lndaandantly und wlthuut cuntuct wlth suclatlas ln Eurua
thut ulsu hud lnvantad urlcultura.
Key terms |n the study cf cu|ture:
thnccentr|sm: Judln uthar culturas by tha stundurds und vul-
uas uI una's uwn cultura ruthar thun by tha saclIc stundurds
und vuluas uI thut cultura. Ethnucantrlsn lauds aula tu vlaw
thalr uwn cultura us suarlur und uthar culturas us lnIarlur.
Cu|turo| re|ot|v|sm: Tha ldau thut tha bahuvlur, vuluas, und
stundurds uI u cultura shuuld ba judad unly wlthln tha cun-
taxt uI thut cultura. Anthruululsts uln tu dascrlba culturas
ubjactlvaly und nut juda than thruuh tha lans uI tha vuluas
und nurullty uI thalr uwn culturas.
Cu|turo| un|verso|s: Culturul trults (a.., lunuua, nurrlua, dlvl-
slun uI lubur, budy urnunantutlun, dacurutlva urt, ballaI ln tha
suarnuturul) thut ull hunun culturas shura. Asacts uI thasa
trults vury, but thalr rasanca ls unlvarsul. Suna unthruululsts
ballava thut thls unlvarsullty raIacts un lnnuta hunun cuuclty
Iur cultura thut dlstlnulshas hununs Irun uthar unlnuls.
ETHNlClTY
thn|c|ty ls u sansa uI ldantlIcutlun wlth u urtlculur athnlc
ruu und tha usslnnant uI aula tu thls ruu by uthars.
An ethn|c grcup shuras cunnun urllns, lunuua, und hls-
tury, und ussassas slnllur custuns, vuluas, und ballaIs.
Ethnlc ruus shura u cultura und, us tha rasult uI nlrutlun
ur uthar hlsturlcul rucassas, nuy axlst us sauruta subcul-
turas wlthln u lurar suclaty.
Tha daraa tu whlch athnlc ruus nuy undaru ucculturutlun
ur usslnllutlun tu tha dunlnunt cultura wlthln u suclaty vurlas.
mETHDDS
|och ol lh subl|ds ol onlhropo|ogy uss d|llrnl
he|d methcds lo co||cl dolo, os w|| os d|llrnl
mlhods lor |nterpret|ng lh|s dolo oblo|nd |n lh l|d.
mETHDDS lN BlDLDGlCAL ANTHRDPDLDGY
Anthrcpcmetry: Mausuranant uI hunun budy urts, uI
buth llvln hununs und skalatul ranulns, tu study nutrltlun,
davalunant, und blululcul udututlun.
Dstec|cgy: Tha usa uI skalatul bluluy tachnlquas tu racun-
struct ua, sax, andar, dlat, und anarul haulth dutu Irun
hunun skalatul ranulns. Tha saclullad study uI lnjury und
dlsausa ln skalatul ranulns ls cullad po|ecpothc|cgy.
Pr|motc|cgy: Flrst-hund ubsarvutlun uI nunhunun rlnuta
bahuvlur ln axarlnantul sattlns, uus, und rlnutas' nutu-
rul anvlrunnants.
Mc|ecu|or onthrcpc|cgy: Tha usa uI anatlc unulysls tach-
nlquas tu study hunun avulutlun, ussass tha daraa uI ralut-
adnass batwaan hununs und llvln rlnuta saclas, und
racunstruct hlsturlcul uttarns uI hunun nlrutlun.
Po|econthrcpc|cgy: Tha study uI hunun avulutlun Irun
fcss||s, tha hurdanad ranulns uI unclant lunt und unlnul
llIa. Pulauunthruululsts usa tha suna tachnlquas Iur axcu-
vutln und dutln Iusslls thut urchuaululsts usa.
ARCHAEDLDGlCAL mETHDDS
5urvey: A systanutlc axunlnutlun uI u ralun tu ldantlIy
urchuaululcul sltas.
Pedestr|on survey lnvulvas tha usa uI vlsuul lndlcuturs ut
tha surIuca tu ldantlIy sltas.
kemcte sens|ng usas nudarn tachnuluy tu ldantlIy sltas.
Aer|o| phctcgrophy und sote|||te |mog|ng nuy ru-
vlda cluas tu slta lucutluns thut ura nut raudlly uurant
Irun tha surIuca.
Othar tachnlquas, such us gecmognet|c sens|ng und
grcund-penetrot|ng rodor, ldantlIy ununullas wlthln
tha Eurth's nunatlc Iald ur sulls thut nuy ba churuc-
tarlstlc uI Iauturas wlthln burlad urchuaululcul sltas.
xcovot|cn: CuraIul ranuvul uI sull Irun u slta. All lnIurnu-
tlun un tha lucutlun uI sull tyas, urtlIucts, und Iauturas ls
curaIully racurdad. Archuaululsts usa dutu Irun axcuvutlun
tu lntarrat ust culturul uctlvltlas cunductad ut sltas.
Dot|ng methcds: Tachnlquas tu datarnlna tha ua uI axcu-
vutad Iusslls, urtlIucts, und Iauturas.
ke|ot|ve dot|ng: Usa uI sull und ruck stroto ur tha rasanca
uI Iusslls ur urtlIucts uI knuwn ua tu datarnlna tha ua uI
Iusslls, urtlIucts, ur sull strutu ln ralutlun tu una unuthar.
Muny ralutlva dutln tachnlquas raly un strot|grophy, tha
study uI tha uccunulutlun uI sulls und ruck ln strutu.
Low cf superpcs|t|cn: Burruwad Irun auluy, stlulutas
thut, dua tu sadlnant Iurnutlun rucassas uvar tlna,
luwar strutu ura uldar und hlhar strutu ura yuunar.
Absc|ute dot|ng: Tha datarnlnutlun uI uctuul nunarlcul
ua uI Iusslls, urtlIucts, ur strutu. Muny ubsuluta dutln
tachnlquas raly un tha knuwn ruta uI rudluuctlva dacuy uI
unstob|e |sctcpes-vurlatlas uI alanants thut huva unstu-
bla nuclal. SaclIc tachnlquas lncluda rudlucurbun dutln,
utusslun-urun dutln, tharnulunlnascanca dutln, uru-
nlun sarlas dutln, und alactrun sln rasununca dutln.
mETHDDS lN CULTURAL ANTHRDPDLDGY
Port|c|pont cbservot|cn: Tha rlnury nauns uI ubtulnln athnu-
ruhlc dutu un culturas, ln whlch tha unthruululst llvas wlthln
u cultura Iur un axtandad arlud us buth un uctlva urtlclunt ln
und ubsarvar uI custuns, ructlcas, bahuvlurs, suclul lntaruc-
tlun, rltuuls, caranunlas, und uthar uccurrancas ln tha dully llIa
uI tha nanbars uI tha ruu. Ethnuruhars ulsu ubtuln dutu
Irun cunvarsutluns und Iurnul ur lnIurnul lntarvlaws.
Key |nfcrmonts: Knuwladaubla aula wlthln u cultura
wlth whun tha unthruululst astubllshas u ralutlunshl und
whu ruvlda lnIurnutlun ubuut cartuln usacts uI thalr cul-
tura. Tha lnIurnutlun thut kay lnIurnunts ruvlda hals tha
unthruululst lntarrat hls ur har ubsarvutluns. Sunatlnas,
kay lnIurnunts bacuna culluburuturs ln tha rasaurch.
Ceneo|cg|co| methcd: A systan uI dluruns und synbuls
thut culturul unthruululsts usa tu racurd ralutlunshls uI
klnshl, dascant, und nurrlua.
m|c perspect|ve: An lnsldar's arsactlva un u cultura.
Ethnuruhars strlva tu uchlava un undarstundln uI u cul-
tura Irun un anlc arsactlva.
t|c perspect|ve: An uutsldar's arsactlva un u cultura. An
atlc arsactlva lncludas tha laval uI ubstruct cutaurlas und
axlunutluns usad wlthln unthruululcul thaurlas tu undar-
stund cruss-culturul cunurlsuns.
mETHDDS lN LlNGUlSTlC ANTHRDPDLDGY
Progmot|cs: Tha study uI lunuua ln usa, un tha busls uI tua
racurdlns ur vldau racurdlns uI uctuul hunun cunvarsutlun.
H|stcr|co| ||ngu|st|cs: Tha usa uI Iurnul nathuds tu ldan-
tlIy chunas ln lunuua uvar tlna und ucruss raluns. Tha
daraa uI slnllurlty batwaan rasant lunuuas ls usad tu
racunstruct uncastrul lunuuas und lunuua Iunlly traas.
EVDLUTlDN AND GENETlCS
EVDLUTlDN
DaInad anarully, evc|ut|cn ls tha trunsIurnutlun uI llvln thlns uvar lun tlna arluds.
ln tha nld-1800s, twu Brltlsh rasaurchars, Chor|es Dorw|n und A|fred kusse| Wo||oce, trlad tu ldan-
tlIy tha nachunlsn thut cuusad urunlsns tu trunsIurn und naw saclas tu anara uvar tlna.
Wurkln lndaandantly, Durwln und Wulluca buth cuncludad thut noturo| se|ect|cn wus tha
nachunlsn bahlnd avulutlun. Thay lntruducad tha thaury ln u julnt rasantutlun ln 1858,
und Durwln aluburutad un lt ln O| t|e O|||| ul Sec|es (185).
Accurdln tu tha thaury uI nuturul salactlun, urunlsns thut huva trults bast sultad tu urtlculur
anvlrunnantul cundltluns huva battar uurtunltlas Iur survlvul und raruductlun. As u rasult,
thasa Iuvurubla trults ura trunsnlttad ln rautar ruurtluns tu succaadln anarutluns uI
urunlsns. Ovar tlna, urunlsns wlth tha trults andura, whlla thusa wlthuut tha trults dla uut.
GENETlCS
Fur nuturul salactlun tu tuka luca, blululcul vurlutluns nust axlst wlthln uulutluns und nust
ba ussad un dlIIarantlully tu subsaquant anarutluns. Tha study uI genet|cs ulluws un undar-
stundln uI thasa cuusas uI blululcul vurlutlun.
ln tha 180s, Austrlun butunlst Cregcr Mende| cunductad u sarlas uI braadln axarlnants
wlth au lunts thut luld tha Iuundutlun Iur tha study uI anatlcs.
Mandal cuncludad thut haradlty ls datarnlnad by dlstlnct unlts, nuw knuwn us genes.
Canas nuy ba dcm|nont ur recess|ve. Dunlnunt anas nusk uthar anas und ura axrassad
ln un urunlsn's hanutya whanavar thay ura rasant. Racasslva anas ura nunlIast ln un
urunlsn's hanutya unly lI anas Iur ussuclutad dunlnunt anas ura ubsant.
KEY TERmS
C||ne: Tha ruduul runa uI vurlutlun ln ana Iraquanclas batwaan uulutluns. C||no| d|str|-
but|cns cunslst uI unas un nus dalctln tha lucutluns uI anatlc trults.
DNA (decxyr|bcnuc|e|c oc|d[: Tha chanlcul thut cudas lnIurnutlun ln un urunlsn's anas
und thus datarnlnas tha urunlsn's anatlc nukau.
Mutot|cn: An ultarutlun ln un lndlvlduul urunlsn's anatlc nukau.
Cenet|c dr|ft: A chuna ln ana Iraquanclas wlthln u snull uulutlun us u rasult uI rundun
ultarutlun ruthar thun nuturul salactlun.
Cene cw: Tha trunsIar uI anatlc nutarlul batwaan uulutluns uI tha suna saclas thruuh
nutln und raruductlun.
5pec|es: A uulutlun uI urunlsns cuubla uI nutln und ruducln uIIsrln thut ura than-
salvas cuubla uI survlvul und raruductlun.
5pec|ot|cn: Chuna wlthln tha anatlc nukau uI u uulutlun uvar tlna untll tha ulnt thut
u naw saclas davalus.
PRlmATES
Ih zoo|og|co| ordr Pr|motes |nc|uds pros|m|ons, mon|ys, ops, ond humons.
PRlmATDLDGY
Pr|motc|cg|sts study rlnuta avulutlun und tha bahuvlur uI llvln nunhunun rlnutas ln urdar
tu uln lnslht lntu tha suclul llIa und bahuvlur uI hunun uncasturs und tu datarnlna whut
dlstlnulshas hununs Irun uthar unlnul saclas.
Hununs huva nura thun 8% uI thalr DNA ln cunnun wlth chlnunaas und urlllus. Tha study
uI thasa clusa hunun ralutlvas ulluws unthruululsts tu nuka lnIarancas ubuut tha trults und
bahuvlurs uI hcm|n|ds, tha ruu cunslstln uI llvln hununs und axtlnct hunun uncasturs.
PRlmATE CLASSlFlCATlDN
Tha urdar P||mJtes ancunussas savarul tuxununlc ruus.
Drder
5ubcrders
|nfrocrders
5uperfom|||es
Fom|||es
Pr|motes
oll primoles
P|otyrrh|n|
New World monkeys
Cerccp|thecc|deo
Old World monkeys
Hy|cbot|doe
lesser opes
lgibbons, siomongsl
Pcng|doe
orongulons
Hcm|n|doe
gorillos,
chimponzees,
humons
Hcm|nc|deo
opes ond humons
Prcs|m||
prosimions llemurs,
lorises, lorsiersl
Cotorrh|n|
Old World monkeys,
opes, humons
Anthrcpc|deo
onlhropoids
PRlmATE EVDLUTlDN
Prlnuta avulutlun baun by ut laust tha aurly Cenczc|c ero, uruxlnutaly 5 nllllun yaurs uu
(nyu). Tha auchs uI tha Canuulc aru suw nujur davalunants ln rlnuta avulutlun.
pcch Deve|cpments
Po|eccene 65-55 myo: ros|m|ons, lh or||sl pr|mols, mrgd
ccene 54-38 myo: ros|m|ons lour|shd
D||gccene 38-23 myo: /nlhropo|ds mrgd os prdom|nonl pr|mols
M|ccene 23-6 myo: Nw onlhropo|ds mrgd, such os roconsu|, wh|ch moy b on
oncslor ol ||v|ng O|d wor|d mon|ys ond ops
6-0 myo: |or||sl hom|no|ds mrgd, |nc|ud|ng /lrop|lhcus ond Knyop|lhcus
0-5 myo: Olhr hom|no|ds mrgd, |nc|ud|ng S|vop|lhcus, O|gonlop|lhcus,
0ryop|lhcus, ond Orop|lhcus
8-5 myo: /ncslors ol humons or b||vd lo hov d|vrgd lrom lh oncslors
ol ch|mponzs ond gor|||os
Soh|onlhropus lchodns|s. / nw loss|| dol|ng lrom oboul 76 myo, moy com-
b|n lro|ls choroclr|sl|c ol ch|mponzs w|lh mor humon quo||l|s, such os
lh|c|r loolh nom| ond o |ss prolrud|ng snoul
PRlmATE TRAlTS AND BEHAVlDRS
Prlnutas ussass savarul chuructarlstlc tro|ts ond behov|crs thut dlstlnulsh than Irun uthar unl-
nuls. Thasa trults, whlch hununs shura, nuy huva baan lnIuantlul ln hunun blululcul avulutlun.
Ab|||ty tc grosp: Prlnutas huva tha ublllty tu rus ubjacts wlth thalr hunds und Iaat, und
sunatlnas wlth u rahanslla tull.
Dppcsob|e thumbs: Thunbs thut cun tuuch auch uI tha uthar Inars, whlch ulluw rl-
nutas tu rus ubjacts Irnly.
Prec|s|cn gr|p: Tha ublllty tu rus batwaan tha thunb und lndax Inar, whlch ls cruclul tu
tuul usa.
5enscry ob|||t|es: Prlnutas huva u nura ucuta sansa uI slht und lass ucuta sansa uI snall
cunurad tu uthar nunnuls. Prlnutas' sansa uI tuuch ls cuncantrutad rlnurlly wlthln tha
Inartls ruthar thun tha nula us ln uthar nunnuls.
Ccmp|ex bro|n: Prlnuta brulns Iucus nura lntanslvaly un nanury, thuuht, und ussuclutlun thun
uthar nunnul brulns. Prlnutas ulsu huva u hlhar bruln-tu-budy-sla rutlu thun uthar unlnuls.
H|gh porento| |nvestment: Prlnutas usuully lva blrth tu u slnla uIIsrln ut u tlna und ru-
vlda thut uIIsrln wlth nura lntanslva cura uvar u lunar daandancy arlud cunurad tu
uthar nunnuls.
5cc|o| grcups: Prlnutas llva wlthln ruus uI uthar nanbars uI tha suna saclas.
1cc| use: Chlnunaas (hununs' clusast rlnuta ralutlvas) huva tha ublllty tu nunuIuctura
und usa slnla tuuls tu ubtuln Iuud und wutar. Thay nudlIy twls und usa than tu ull tar-
nltas uut uI thalr nasts, und usa lauvas us racatuclas Iur wutar. Orunutuns und urlllus du
nut nuka tuuls but du huva tha ublllty tu uln und thruw ubjacts. Thasa ubllltlas wara lnur-
tunt ln tha nunuIuctura uI tuuls und rujactlla wauunry by aurly hunlnlds und hununs.
Ccmmun|cot|cn: Nunhunun rlnutas usa cull systans tu cunnunlcuta wlth una unuthar ln
suclul ruus ln thalr nuturul sattlns, und ulsu ura ubla tu laurn synbuls. Chlnunaas und
urlllus huva baan tuuht tu undarstund und usa sln lunuua, huwavar, thasa saclas huva
nut lnvantad systans uI sln lunuua lndaandantly und luck tha laval uI cunatancy wlth
synbullc bahuvlur thut hununs ussass.
Hunt|ng: Chlnunaas Iurn huntln urtlas tu hunt snull unlnuls (rlnurlly rad culubus nunkays).
Bubuuns huva baan ubsarvad huntln yuun untaluas.
DlFFERENCES BETWEEN HUmANS AND DTHER PRlmATES
5cc|o| behov|cr:
ln hunun suclatlas, tha strunast, nust urasslva lndlvlduuls du nut dunlnuta us thay du ln nun-
hunun rlnuta suclul ruus.
Hununs huva tha strunast tandancy tuwurd shurln und cuuarutlun uI ull tha rlnutas.
K|nsh|p ond morr|oge:
All hunun suclatlas Iautura suna tya uI morr|oge und u tobcc cn |ncest ln suna Iurn (see
Murrlua, ut|e| s|Je).
xcgomy (nurrlua uutslda un lndlvlduul's ruu) und k|nsh|p systems llnk hununs bayund
un lndlvlduul's lnnadluta suclul ruu. Bunds batwaan hunun uulutluns ulsu sarva us u
busls Iur uthar lun-dlstunca uctlvltlas und axchunas.
Nunhunun rlnutas luck uny rasanblunca uI po|r bcnd|ng slnllur tu nurrlua ur racunltlun
uI dascant ln tha Iurn uI kln ralutluns. Anun uas, nutln anarully uccurs whan Ianulas
antar astrus, durln uvulutlun.
ccmmcn oncestcr
Afr|con
opes
mcdern
humons
A. boisei A. robuslus
A. olriconus
H. sopiens
H. ereclus/
ergosler
H. hobilis/
rudollensis
A. olorensis
A. onomensis
Ardipilhecus
romidus
A. oelhiopicus
8.0 million
yeors ogo
7.0 myo
6.0 myo
5.0 myo
4.0 myo
3.0 myo
2.0 myo
I.0 myo
presenl
A. boisei A. boisei
A. oelhiopicus A. oelhiopicus
A. robuslus A. robuslus
A. olriconus A. olriconus
A. olorensis A. olorensis
A. onomensis A. onomensis
H. hobilis/ H. hobilis/
rudollensis rudollensis
H. ereclus/ H. ereclus/
ergosler ergosler
H. sopiens H. sopiens
Ardipilhecus Ardipilhecus
romidus romidus
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lNTRDDUCTlDN TD ANTHRDPDLDGY
Hcm|n|ds |mmbrs ol lh zoo|og|co| lom||y Hom|n|do|
|nc|ud ||v|ng humons ond xl|ncl humon oncslors who
d|vrgd w|lh lh oncslors ol ch|mponzs ond gor|||os.
BlPEDALlSm
Hunlnlds ura dlstlnulshad Irun uthar rlnutas by u skalatun
udutad Iur b|pedo||sm-tha hublt uI wulkln urlht un tha
twu hlnd llnbs.
Althuuh uthar rlnuta saclas ura ubla tu stund un twu
las tanururlly, unly hunlnlds avulvad us hubltuul b|peds,
Iur whun bladullsn ls tha rlnury Iurn uI nuvanant.
Suna clusaly ralutad rlnuta saclas axhlblt knuck|e wo|k-
|ng, u uttarn uI nuvanant ln whlch lun urns und tha
knucklas uI tha hund suurt tha walht uI tha uar budy.
Savarul thecr|es fcr the cr|g|ns cf b|pedo||sm wlthln hunun
uncasturs huva baan ruusad.
Adoptot|cn tc sovonno: Bladullsn nuy huva ulluwad
rlnutas tu nuva ubuut nura Iraaly wlthln sovonno anvl-
runnants (russlund wlth scuttarad traas, ravulant ln
AIrlcu) und tu wutch uut Iur raduturs uvar tha tull russ-
as. Huwavar, avldanca Irun racant Iussll Inds suasts
thut aurly bladul hunlnlds llvad ln Iurastad uraus.
Corry|ng behov|cr: Bladullsn ulluws hunlnlds tu curry
ubjacts ln tha twu Irunt llnbs (urns), anublln tha curryln
uI Iuud und auslar trunsurtutlun uI tha yuun. Bladullsn
ulsu Iraas tha hunds tu curry tuuls und wauuns.
Fcrog|ng: Bladullsn nuy huva ulluwad buth hunds tu ba
usad Iur Iuruln saads, nuts, und barrlas nura aIIclantly.
Heot stress: Bladul lucunutlun nlnlnlas strass Irun
tha axtrana haut rasant ln tha suvunnu uI Eust AIrlcu. A
bladul stunca nlnlnlas tha urtlun uI tha budy axusad
tu tha sun, und tha dlstunca uI tha haud ubuva tha ruund
nuxlnlas axusura tu cuulln braaas.
HDmlNlD SPEClES
Thuuh suna datulls uI tha hcm|n|d fom||y tree ranuln ln
quastlun, unthruululsts anarully uraa ubuut tha rlnury
uncastrul ralutlunshls unun hunlnld saclas.
Tha llnas laudln tu chlnunaas, urlllus, und hununs ura
ballavad tu huva dlvarad sunatlna batwaan 8-5 nyu.
Fusslls uI tha aurllast hunlnlds, Irun ubuut 5.8-1.8 nyu,
huva baan Iuund sulaly ln AIrlcu, lnlyln thut hunlnlds
lnltlully anarad un thls cuntlnant.
Pulauunthruululsts anarully uraa thut thara wara
nultlla llnas uI hunlnld saclas. Tha rubust uustrulu-
lthaclnas, whlch cuaxlstad wlth tha aurly saclas uI tha
anus Hunu, ura nut cunsldarad uncastrul tu hununs und
bacuna axtlnct uruxlnutaly 1 nyu.
Hcm|n|d fom||y tree:
ARDPTHECUB RANDUB
Tha aurllast hunlnld, Ard|p|thecus rom|dus, ls rarasantad by
Iusslls Iuund ln Eust AIrlcu Irun 5.8-4.4 nyu. Tha Iusslls lndl-
cuta thut A. |Jm|Jus wus cuubla uI Iully b|pedo| mcvement
und thut lt ussassad ope||ke s|ze ond dent|t|cn (tuuth chur-
uctarlstlcs). Thasa hunlnlds lnhubltad Iurastad anvlrunnants.
AUSTRALDPlTHEClNES
Manbars uI tha anus Austro|cp|thecus (u anus uI hunlnlds
uncastrul tu tha anus |umu) cunblnad ope||ke feotures
wlth b|pedo| mcvement. Austrululthaclna bruln sla wus
tylcully unly sllhtar rautar thun tha uvarua Iur nudarn
uas. As wlth A|J||t|ecus |Jm|Jus, Iussll ranulns uI hunl-
nlds uI thls anus huva baan Iuund unly ln AIrlcu.
Croc||e oustro|cp|thec|nes: Chuructarlad by snullar dantl-
tlun und Iuclul unutuny.
Austro|cp|thecus onomens|s
Ranulns dutln Irun 4.2-3. nyu, Iuund ln Eust AIrlcu,
shuw slnllurltlas tu A|J||t|ecus |Jm|Jus.
Fusslls lndlcuta u bladul saclas wlth uallka Iauturas
but wlth thlckar nulur anunal tylcul uI lutar hunlnlds.
Austro|cp|thecus oforens|s
Ranulns uI thls saclas, dutln Irun 3.8-3.0 nyu Irun
Eust AIrlcu, cunrlsa tha lurast cullactlun uI Iusslls Iuund
Iur un uustrululthaclna saclas. Ranulns uI duans uI
lndlvlduuls huva baan Iuund, ulun wlth 40% uI u cunlata
skalatun uI u slnla lndlvlduul whu wus nunad "Lucy."
Fusslls lndlcuta u saclas udutad tu bladul nuvanant,
wlth un uallka skull und bruln sla. At tha Loetc|| 5|te
ln Tununlu, Iuutrlnts rasarvad ln nud lndlcuta thut u
ruu uI twu tu thraa hunlnlds, llkaly nanbars uI thls sa-
clas, wulkad tuathar ln u Iully bladul Iushlun 3. nyu.
Llka lutar hunlnlds, A. JlJ|e|s|s hud nusslva buck taath
und juws Iur rlndln und crushln, un udututlun Iur
autln tha cuursa vaatutlun, saads, und nuts ravulant
ln tha Eust AIrlcun suvunnu ut tha tlna. Fusslls shuw u
nurkad daraa uI sexuo| d|mcrph|sm-u shur cuntrust
ln sla ur uaurunca batwaan nulas und Ianulas.
Austro|cp|thecus ofr|conus: Fussll ranulns uI thls saclas,
Iuund ln Suuth AIrlcu und dutln Irun uruxlnutaly 3-2
nyu, rasanbla A. JlJ|e|s|s but huva nura hunun dantltlun,
lncludln bruudar lnclsurs und snull, shurt cunlna taath.
kcbust oustro|cp|thec|nes: Chuructarlad by lurar dantltlun
und Iuclul unutuny ralutlva tu ruclla uustrululthaclnas.
Austro|cp|thecus oeth|cp|cus: Knuwn Irun sursa Iussll
ranulns dutln Irun 2.7-2.3 nyu Irun Eust AIrlcu, lnclud-
ln una daslnutad us tha "Bluck Skull." Thls saclas ls
vary rubust, wlth nusslva taath und u runuuncad sog-
|tto| crest, u rlda uI buna ulun tha tu uI tha skull tu
uccunnuduta lura chawln nusclas.
Austro|cp|thecus rcbustus: Fussll ranulns dutln Irun
ubuut 2-1 nyu ln Suuth AIrlcu rasanbla A. Jl||cJ|us wlth
lura taath, nusslva juws, und u sulttul crast.
Austro|cp|thecus bc|se|: Fussll ranulns dutln Irun ubuut
2.3-1.2 nyu ln Eust AIrlcu lndlcuta u saclas wlth u juw,
nulurs, und sulttul crast lurar und nura nusslva thun A.
|uustus, thus, A. u|se| hus baan tarnad hyperrcbust.
New hnds:
Austro|cp|thecus gorh| : A naw saclas Irun Eust AIrlcu,
dutln tu ubuut 2.5 nyu, rasanblas A. JlJ|e|s|s wlth sl-
nlIcuntly lurar nulurs.
Austro|cp|thecus bohre|ghozo|| : Fuund racantly ln Chud,
dutas tu uruxlnutaly 3 nyu und axhlblts unly nlnur
vurlunca Irun A. JlJ|e|s|s ln dantltlun. Fussll avldanca
Iur thls saclas und A. J||| ranulns hlhly Irunantury,
su uddltlunul lnIurnutlun ls naadad tu undarstund thalr
uncastrul ralutlunshls wlth uthar hunlnld saclas.
Kenyonthrcpus p|oytcps: Anuthar naw saclas thut hus
baan ruusad busad un u Iussll skull thut dutas tu 3.5
nyu. Huwavar, nuny schulurs ballava thut thls saclnan
nuy ba Aust|J|u|t|ecus JlJ|e|s|s.
Austro|cp|thec|ne tro|ts ond behov|cr: Althuuh uustrulu-
lthaclna trults und suclul bahuvlur ranuln uncartuln, unthru-
ululsts huva nuda lnIarancas busad un lnslht Irun tha
study uI nunhunun rlnutas.
1cc| use: lt ls unclaur whathar uustululthaclnas nuda und
usad tuuls. Bacuusa suna llvln nunhunun rlnutas nudlIy
nutarluls tu usa us slnla tuuls, unthruululsts lnIar thut
uustrululthaclnas anuad ln slnllur uctlvltlas. Bunas thut
nuy axhlblt cut nurks Irun stuna tuuls huva baan Iuund dut-
ln tu 2.5 nyu ln ussuclutlun wlth Iusslls uI Aust|J|u|t|ecus
J|||, but thls avldanca stlll ranulns tha subjact uI dabuta.
Ccmmun|cot|cn: Austrululthaclnas rububly cunnunl-
cutad thruuh cull systans slnllur tu thusa ussassad by
llvln nunhunun rlnutas
Hunt|ng: Llka chlnunaas, uustrululthaclnas nuy huva
huntad Iur snull una. Huwavar, tha luck uI wldasraud
avldanca Iur stuna tuul nunuIuctura und huntln uctlvl-
tlas ut uustrululthlclna sltas suasts thut thasa saclas
luckad tha cuuclty Iur nura cunlax alanants uI tachnul-
uy und suclul bahuvlur chuructarlstlc uI tha anus |umu.
THE GENUS HONO
Manbars uI tha anus Hcmc lncluda nudarn hununs
und hunun uncasturs Iulluwln tha dlvaranca Irun tha
Aust|J|u|t|ecus llna. Tha aurly nanbars uI tha anus cuax-
lstad ln AIrlcu wlth rubust uustrululthaclnas untll uruxl-
nutaly 1 nyu. Manbars uI tha anus ura dlstlnulshad Irun
uustrululthaclnas by substuntlully rautar cron|o| copoc|ty.
Hcmc hob|||s: Fussll ranulns uI thls saclas dutln Irun
uruxlnutaly 2.4-1.8 nyu Irun Eust AIrlcu shuw u slnlI-
cuntly lurar bruln thun uny uI tha uustrululthaclnas.
Hcmc rudc|fens|s: A saclas cuntanurunauus und hlh-
ly slnllur tu |umu |J|||s, but axhlbltln lurar nulurs, u
bruudar Iuca, und u lass runuuncad brcw r|dge-u thlck
rlda uI buna uvar tha ayas. Muny ulauunthruululsts
urua thut |umu |uJu|le|s|s rarasants vurlutlun wlthln
|umu |J|||s ruthar thun u sauruta saclas.
Hcmc erectus: Tha Irst hunlnld saclas tu axund uut uI
AIrlcu lntu tha suutharn urtluns uI Aslu und Eurua.
Eurllast Iussll avldanca Iur |umu e|ectus cunas Irun
AIrlcu (uruxlnutaly 1.8 nyu), wlth saclnans Irun Juvu
thut nuy ba Irun ruuhly tha suna tlna. Racant Iusslls
Irun tha raubllc uI Caurlu huva baan dutad tu 1.7 nyu.
Tha Iussll ranulns uI tha nust cunlata |umu e|ectus
saclnan (1. nyu) ura knuwn us tha Nor|ckctcme bcy.
|umu e|ectus wus chuructarlad by u s|gn|hcont|y |orger
bro|n thun uny ravluus hunlnld saclas-uruxlnutaly
twlca us lura us tha bruln uI uustrululthaclnas und wlthln
tha luw and uI tha runa Iur unutunlcully nudarn hununs.
|umu e|ectus hud snullar nulurs und lurar Irunt taath
thun aurllar hunlnlds, und u strunar skull tu ruvlda raut-
ar rutactlun Iur tha bruln. Dlstlnctlva skull Iauturas lncluda
u nusslva bruw rlda, u thlck ruundad rlda ulun tha crast
uI tha skull cullad u sog|tto| kee|, und u rlda uI buna cullad
un ccc|p|to| bun thut uttuchad tu nusslva nack nusclas.
Suna ulauunthruululsts daslnuta tha aurllast |umu
e|ectus Iusslls ln AIrlcu us u sauruta saclas, |umu e|Jste|,
but nuny rasaurchars ballava thasa aurly AIrlcun saclnans
raIact naraly ralunul vurlutluns wlthln u slnla saclas.
Hcmc cres|ens|s: A vary naw Ind Irun tha lsulutad lslund uI
Fluras, lndunaslu, dutln Irun baIura 3,000 BCE tu ut laust
1,000 BCE, Iuund ulun wlth stuna tuuls und ranulns uI dwurI
alahunts und kunudu druuns. Thls saclas, whusa uvarull
sla und crunlul cuuclty cunura tu tha snullast uustrululth-
aclnas knuwn Irun AIrlcu, ls rasunubly tha rasult uI dwurIn
uI un uncastrul |umu e|ectus uulutlun dua tu lsulutlun.
Hcmc sop|ens: Thls saclas daslnutlun lncludas unutunl-
cully nudarn hununs, knuwn us |umu sJ|e|s sJ|e|s, und
thalr nust racant uncasturs, raIarrad tu us urchulc |umu sJ|-
e|s. Crunlul cuuclty ls lurar ralutlva tu |umu e|ectus, und tha
skull ls nura ruundad tu uccunnuduta u lurar bruln.
Archo|c Hcmc sop|ens: Thls daslnutlun raIars tu tha aurllast
saclnans usslnad tu tha suna saclas us nudarn hununs,
dutln Irun 300,000-30,000 BCE ln AIrlcu, Aslu, und Eurua.
Fussll ranulns ussuclutad wlth thls daslnutlun ura trun-
sltlunul batwaan |umu e|ectus und unutunlcully nudarn
hununs. Thay ussass u hauvy bruw rlda und uthar cru-
nlul Iauturas chuructarlstlc uI |umu e|ectus cuulad wlth
tha lura crunlul cuuclty chuructarlstlc uI |umu sJ|e|s.
Neondertho|s: Ona ruu uI urchulc |umu sJ|e|s, hus
ultarnutlvaly baan usslnad u unlqua subsaclas daslnut-
ad |umu sJ|e|s |eJ|Je|t|J|e|s|s und u sauruta saclas
knuwn us |umu |eJ|Je|t|J|e|s|s.
Naundarthuls wara chuructarlad by u stucky bulld,
lura juws, dlstlnct bruw rldas, sluln Iucas, und u
lurar uvarua bruln sla thun nudarn hununs.
Tha Iussll racurd lndlcutas thut Naundarthuls axlstad ln
tha Naur Eust und Eurua Irun uruxlnutaly 130,000-
30,000 BCE und cuaxlstad wlth unutunlcully nudarn
hununs Iur thuusunds uI yaurs.
Mcdern Hcmc sop|ens: Daslnutad |umu sJ|e|s sJ|e|s,
thls saclas lncludas ull unutunlcully nudarn hununs Irun
100,000 BCE tu tha rasant.
Tha aurllast unutunlcully nudarn hunun Iusslls huva baan
racuvarad Irun sltas ln Suuth AIrlcu und tha Naur Eust.
Thasa Iusslls axhlblt slandar trunks und llnbs, hlh und
ruundar bruln cusas, nura runuuncad Iurahaud raluns,
und tha nurkad chlns chuructarlstlc uI nudarn hununs.
Fusslls uI nudarn hununs ln Eurua und suuthaust Aslu
duta tu uruund 40,000 BCE.
THEDRlES DF mDDERN HUmAN DRlGlNS
5|ng|e-cr|g|n thecry: Alsu cullad ve thecry ur tha m|tcchcn-
dr|o| ve thecry, thls thaury ustulutas thut nudarn hununs
avulvad ln AIrlcu und sraud uut tu tha uthar cuntlnants,
ralucln tha Naundarthuls und uthar urchulc |umu sJ|e|s.
Evldanca ln suurt uI thls thaury cunas Irun m|tcchcn-
dr|o| DNA (ntDNA), whlch ls ussad un ldantlcully Irun
nuthar tu uIIsrln unlass u nututlun uccurs.
Fraquanclas uI nututluns und daraa uI vurlutlun ln
ntDNA unun llvln uulutluns suasts thut u cunnun
uncastur tu ull tha wurld's hununs llvad ln AIrlcu uruund
200,000 BCE und sraud alsawhara uItar 135,000 BCE.
Huwavar, nu Iusslls uI nudarn |umu sJ|e|s dutln tu thls
ua huva yat baan racuvarad.
Mu|t|reg|cno| thecry: Tha ultarnutlva thaury uruas thut
|umu e|ectus avulvad lntu nudarn |umu sJ|e|s lndaan-
dantly ln AIrlcu, Aslu, und Eurua.
Naw trults suwnad by nututluns cuuld huva ussad
unun tha uulutluns ln tha vurluus uraus thruuh gene
cw us u rasult uI lntarbraadln.
Advucutas uI thls thaury clta slnllurltlas wlthln auch cuntl-
nant batwaan |umu e|ectus Iauturas und Iauturas uI nudarn
hununs llvln wlthln auch cuntlnant. Thay ulsu cluln thut tha
ruta uI ntDNA nututlun nuy ba nuch sluwar und thut tha
cunnun uncastur nuy huva baan u |umu e|ectus ln AIrlcu.
B|o|og|co||y, humons xh|b|l d|vers|ty |n o vor|ly ol mnlo|
ond phys|co| lro|ls. B|o|og|co| onlhropo|og|sls documnl
lh|s d|vrs|ly by sludy|ng humon phys|o|ogy ond gnl|cs.
RACE
Anthruululsts vlaw roce us u culturul cunstructlun.
Hlsturlcully, suclatlas huva dlstlnulshad dlIIarant ethn|c
grcups (uItan busad un dlIIarancas ln skln culur) und huva
ballavad thut dlvlsluns raIact blululcully sauruta rucas.
SclantlIc rasaurch, huwavar, hus shuwn thut rucas cunnut ba
daInad blululcully. Hunun blululcul trults du nut Iull wlthln
dlscrata dlvlsluns ussuclutad wlth athnlc ruus. lnstaud,
trults axhlblt vurlutlun ulun u cuntlnuuus sactrun.
Tuduy, blululcul unthruululsts luca nura anhusls un tryln
tu ex|J|| hunun blululcul dlvarslty thun un tryln tu c|Jss|ly
hununs by ruca blululcully. Thay nuw undarstund dlIIarancas
ln skln culur ln tarns uI tha lntarluy uI tha anvlrunnant und
anas thruuh tha rucass uI noturo| se|ect|cn (see e|uw).
lNTELLlGENCE
Althuuh |nte|||gence vurlas wldaly ucruss dlIIarant hunun
lndlvlduuls, unthruululcul rasaurch hus danunstrutad claurly
thut thasa dlIIarancas du nut axtand tu antlra ruus.
Scuras un |nte|||gence ond opt|tude tests du sunatlnas
axhlblt dlIIarancas unun ruus. Rasaurch hus shuwn, huw-
avar, thut thasa scura vurlutluns rasult Irun dlIIarant suclul
anvlrunnants ruthar thun dlIIarant anatlc cuucltlas.
Bacuusa lntalllanca tasts ura thansalvas anarutad by
lndlvlduuls wlth urtlculur culturul und aducutlunul buck-
ruunds, nanbars uI ruus whu shura tha suna cultura,
cluss, ur aducutlun us tha crauturs uI tha tasts anarully
scura hlhar thun thusa Irun dlIIarant ruus.
KEY TERmS
Adoptot|cn: A anatlc trult thut runts lnruvad ublllty tu
survlva, raruduca, und wlthstund anvlrunnantul chuna.
Blululcul udututlun, cuulad wlth culturul udututlun, hus
anublad hununs tu sattla vlrtuully ull curnars uI tha wurld.
Acc||mot|zot|cn: Physlululcul chunas thut uccur ln rasunsa
tu anvlrunnantul cundltluns durln un lndlvlduul's llIatlna.
Cenctype: Tha urruy uI anas thut un lndlvlduul ussassas.
Phenctype: Tha ubsarvubla trults un lndlvlduul ussassas.
Phanutya rasults Irun u cunblnutlun uI anutya und tha
lnIuanca uI anvlrunnantul Iucturs.
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HUmAN BlDLDGlCAL DlVERSlTY
Anthrcpc|cgy |s lh comprhns|v sludy ol humon
b|ngs. Ih lrm dr|vs lrom lh Or| words onlhropos
| humons or humon||nd| ond |ogos | sludy|.
Anthruululsts tuka u hc||st|c opprcoch, studyln tha antlra-
ty uI tha hunun cundltlun und ull usacts uI ull hunun ruus,
blululcully und culturully, ln tha rasant und tha ust.
Anthruululsts nulntuln u crcss-cu|turo| perspect|ve, study-
ln und cunurln ull ust und rasant hunun suclatlas. Thay
cunsldar tha busls Iur d|vers|ty ln tarns uI buth bluluy und cul-
tura, cuntrlbutln tu knuwlada ubuut tha rulas thut "nutura"
und "nurtura" luy ln daInln hunun slnllurlty und dlvarslty.
BlDLDGlCAL ANTHRDPDLDGY
8|c|cg|co| onthrcpc|cgy: Tha study uI hunun blululcul vurlu-
tlun und avulutlun, lncludln hunun anatlcs, hysluluy, und
tha blululcul udututluns uI llvln hununs. lt druws un Iussll
avldanca uI uur hunun uncasturs tu study hunun avulutlun.
Dstec|cgy: Tha study uI axcuvutad hunun bunas ln urdar tu
racunstruct ua, sax, andar, dlat, und anarul haulth.
Pr|motc|cgy: Tha study uI llvln rlnutas und thalr uncas-
turs. Prlnutululsts uttant tu uln lnslht lntu tha suclul
llIa und bahuvlur uI hunun uncasturs und tu datarnlna whut
dlstlnulshas hununs Irun uthar unlnul saclas.
ARCHAEDLDGY
Archoec|cgy: Tha study uI ust hunun culturas thruuh axcu-
vutlun uI nutarlul ranulns.
Preh|stcr|c orchoec|cgy ls tha study uI suclatlas rlur tu tha
lnvantlun uI wrltln, wharaus h|stcr|c orchoec|cgy ls tha
study uI ust lltaruta suclatlas thruuhuut tha luba.
Archuaululsts study ort|focts (nutarluls nudlIad by hununs)
und tha ranulns uI feotures (urchltacturul ranulns, haurths,
lts, und uthar nutarlul ranulns uI ust hunun uctlvltlas). Thay
ulsu study ruulns uI urtlIucts und Iauturas knuwn us s|tes,
us wall us tha urrunanant uI sltas thruuhuut tha lundscua.
Archuaululsts racunstruct und lntarrat ust wuys uI llIa
und thalr cu|turo| evc|ut|cn (trunsIurnutlun uvar tlna, wlth-
uut lnlyln uny lnavltubla rurasslun).
CULTURAL ANTHRDPDLDGY
Cu|turo| onthrcpc|cgy: Tha study uI llvln hunun culturas.
thncgrophy: Tha datullad dascrltlun uI u cuntanurury
cultura thruuh dlract ubsarvutlun.
thnc|cgy: A cruss-culturul avuluutlun uI u tulc usln ath-
nuruhlc dutu.
thnch|stcry: Tha study uI culturas Irun tha racant ust thruuh
avldanca Irun hlsturlc ducunants und aurly athnuruhlc und
athnululcul rasaurch. Ethnuhlstury cuts ucruss dlIIarant dlscl-
llnas, lncludln unthruuluy, urchuauluy, und hlstury.
LlNGUlSTlC ANTHRDPDLDGY
L|ngu|st|c onthrcpc|cgy: Tha study uI lunuua und cunnunlcu-
tlun, lncludln llnks batwaan lunuua und cultura, davalunant
und usa uI lunuua, und chunas ln lunuua uvar tlna.
5tructuro| ||ngu|st|cs: Tha study uI unlvarsul Iauturas uI lun-
uua, vurlutlun wlthln lunuuas, und tha nunnar ln whlch
lunuua raIacts culturul arcatluns und ballaIs.
H|stcr|co| ||ngu|st|cs: Tha study uI unclant lunuuas us u nauns
tu racunstruct hlsturlcul ralutlunshls batwaan culturas.
5cc|c||ngu|st|cs: Tha study uI tha ralutlunshl batwaan suclul
dlIIarancas und lunuua wlthln culturas und ucruss culturas.
HUmAN BlDLDGlCAL EVDLUTlDN
HDmlNlDS
CULTURE AND ETHNlClTY
CULTURE
Cu|ture ls tha cantrul cuncat ln unthruuluy. lt cunslsts uI tha
shurad custuns, trudltluns, vuluas, ldaus, und nutarlul rud-
ucts uI u urtlculur ruu uI aula.
Cultura antulls tha tcto||ty cf the humon exper|ence, sun-
nln bahuvlurul, ldautlunul, und nutarlul dlnansluns. Cultura
ls un|que tc humons und arhus tha Iuranust usact uI
hununklnd thut dlstlnulshas us Irun uthar unlnuls. Cultura
ruvldas u daraa uI ccnt|nu|ty ln tha bahuvlurs, thuuhts,
und ruductlun uI nutarlul uuds wlthln u ruu.
Anthruululsts dlstlnulsh cultura Irun scc|ety (u ruu uI
hununs llvln tuathar ln u shurad tarrltury). As wa saa ln
nutluns tuduy, nultlla culturas nuy axlst wlthln u slnla suclaty
us u rasult uI rucassas llka nlrutlun ur culturul lntaructlun.
Dehn|t|cns cf cu|ture: Anthruululsts huva sat Iurth nuny daInl-
tluns uI cultura slnca tha luta 1800s. Euch daInltlun anhuslas
dlIIarant usacts daandln un tha urlantutlun uI tha rasaurchar.
8ehov|cro| ond |deot|cno| cu|ture: ln P||m|t|ve Cu|tu|e (1871),
Edwurd B. Tylur daInas cultura us "thut cunlax whula whlch
lncludas knuwlada, ballaI, urt, nuruls, luw, custun und uny
uthar cuubllltlas uI nun us u nanbar uI suclaty."
Tha behov|cro| ospect uI cultura lnvulvas u sat uI cus-
tcms (radlsusltluns tuwurd cartuln uctluns).
Tha |deot|cno| ospect cunslsts uI u urtlculur wcr|d-
v|ew ur ccsmc|cgy (u sat uI ballaIs und vuluas).
Cultura duas nut dlctuta bahuvlur und ballaIs but ruthar pre-
d|spcses nanbars tu urtlculur bahuvlurs und thuuhts.
Moter|o| cu|ture: Cultura ulsu hus u nutarlul usact thut urlsas
Irun tha trunsIurnutlun uI nutarluls thruuh hunun uctlun.
Mutarlul cultura cunslsts uI tha bullt, nutarlul anvlrunnant
wlthln whlch tha nanbars uI u cultura raslda, lncludln ort|-
focts (nutarluls nudlIad by hununs) und bu||t structures
(Irun snull dwalllns tu nununantul ubllc urchltactura).
Systans uI bahuvlur und ballaI lnIuanca tha cunstructlun
uI nutarlul cultura, cunvarsaly, nutarlul cultura ralnIurcas
und lnIuancas systans uI bahuvlur und ballaI.
Attr|butes cf cu|ture: Thuuh culturas ucruss tha luba axhlblt
raut dlvarslty, ull hunun culturas shura kay uttrlbutas. Cultura ls.
Leorned: Cultura ussas thruuh tha anarutluns vlu laurn-
ln ruthar thun bluluy (us wlth lnstlnct ln uthar unlnuls). Tha
rucass uI laurnln cultura us u chlld ls cullad encu|turot|cn.
5ymbc||c: Trunsnlsslun uI cultura daands uun hununs' ubll-
lty tu usa symbc|s, slns thut baur nu nuturul ralutlunshl tu
whut thay slnlIy. Tha ublllty tu cuncatuulla und laurn synbuls
dlstlnulshas hununs Irun uthar unlnuls. Longuoge ls u cun-
lax varbul synbullc systan cunnun tu ull hunun culturas.
5hored: Cultura ls shurad by ull lndlvlduuls rulsad, ur encu|-
turoted, wlthln u ruu. Manbars uI u cultura shura cartuln
sats uI custuns ur bahuvlurs, wuys uI thlnkln, und dlsu-
sltluns tuwurd tha salactlun und nudlIcutlun uI nutarluls.
Paula anarully shura culturul trults wlth nanbars uI u
suclaty whu shura tha suna ralun uI urlln, rallluus buck-
ruund, ur uthar ruu uIIllutlun. Anthruululsts cull ruus
ur subruus wlthln u lurar suclaty subcu|tures.
|ntegroted: All usacts uI cultura ura uttarnad, lntarutad
systans. Ecununlc systans, ulltlcul systans, systans uI
klnshl und dascant, nurrlua, andar, ralllun, und tha urts
ura cunnactad. chuna ln una nuy laud tu chuna ln uthars.
Adopt|ve: Cultura ls u nauns uI udututlun. Othar unlnuls
udut tu chunln anvlrunnantul cundltluns thruuh blulul-
cul udututlun uluna, hununs udut blululcully J|J cultur-
ully, thruuh chunas ln nutarluls, bahuvlurs, und ldaus.
Culturul udututlun hus ulluwad hununs tu lnhublt hursh
hyslcul anvlrunnants thruuhuut tha luba.
Culturas nuy ulsu ussass mo|odopt|ve trults thut llnlt ur
dlnlnlsh chuncas Iur survlvul und raruductlun. A ruu's
dalatlun uI strutalc rasuurcas, Iur axunla, nuy andun-
ar lts lun-tarn survlvul.
Cu|ture chonge: All hunun culturas chuna uvar tlna, vlu u
nunbar uI dlIIarant nachunlsns.
D|ffus|cn: Tha sraud uI culturul trults unun suclatlas,
thruuh nlrutlun, truda, ur uthar lntaructlun.
Accu|turot|cn: Tha axchuna uI culturul trults unun suclatlas,
ln whlch u suburdlnuta ruu uduts tha trults uI tha dunlnunt
ruu. Buth ruus cuntlnua tu nulntuln sauruta ldantltlas.
Ass|m||ot|cn: Tha udutlun uI u dunlnunt cultura by suburdl-
nuta ruus. Asslnllutlun ls ucculturutlun tu tha ulnt thut sub-
urdlnuta ruus nu lunar axlst us sauruta culturul ldantltlas.
|ndependent |nvent|cn: Tha rlsa uI slnllur culturul trults ln
dlIIarant culturas thut ura |ut lntaructln wlth auch uthar.
Fur axunla, suclatlas ln tha Anarlcus lnvantad urlcultura
lndaandantly und wlthuut cuntuct wlth suclatlas ln Eurua
thut ulsu hud lnvantad urlcultura.
Key terms |n the study cf cu|ture:
thnccentr|sm: Judln uthar culturas by tha stundurds und vul-
uas uI una's uwn cultura ruthar thun by tha saclIc stundurds
und vuluas uI thut cultura. Ethnucantrlsn lauds aula tu vlaw
thalr uwn cultura us suarlur und uthar culturas us lnIarlur.
Cu|turo| re|ot|v|sm: Tha ldau thut tha bahuvlur, vuluas, und
stundurds uI u cultura shuuld ba judad unly wlthln tha cun-
taxt uI thut cultura. Anthruululsts uln tu dascrlba culturas
ubjactlvaly und nut juda than thruuh tha lans uI tha vuluas
und nurullty uI thalr uwn culturas.
Cu|turo| un|verso|s: Culturul trults (a.., lunuua, nurrlua, dlvl-
slun uI lubur, budy urnunantutlun, dacurutlva urt, ballaI ln tha
suarnuturul) thut ull hunun culturas shura. Asacts uI thasa
trults vury, but thalr rasanca ls unlvarsul. Suna unthruululsts
ballava thut thls unlvarsullty raIacts un lnnuta hunun cuuclty
Iur cultura thut dlstlnulshas hununs Irun uthar unlnuls.
ETHNlClTY
thn|c|ty ls u sansa uI ldantlIcutlun wlth u urtlculur athnlc
ruu und tha usslnnant uI aula tu thls ruu by uthars.
An ethn|c grcup shuras cunnun urllns, lunuua, und hls-
tury, und ussassas slnllur custuns, vuluas, und ballaIs.
Ethnlc ruus shura u cultura und, us tha rasult uI nlrutlun
ur uthar hlsturlcul rucassas, nuy axlst us sauruta subcul-
turas wlthln u lurar suclaty.
Tha daraa tu whlch athnlc ruus nuy undaru ucculturutlun
ur usslnllutlun tu tha dunlnunt cultura wlthln u suclaty vurlas.
mETHDDS
|och ol lh subl|ds ol onlhropo|ogy uss d|llrnl
he|d methcds lo co||cl dolo, os w|| os d|llrnl
mlhods lor |nterpret|ng lh|s dolo oblo|nd |n lh l|d.
mETHDDS lN BlDLDGlCAL ANTHRDPDLDGY
Anthrcpcmetry: Mausuranant uI hunun budy urts, uI
buth llvln hununs und skalatul ranulns, tu study nutrltlun,
davalunant, und blululcul udututlun.
Dstec|cgy: Tha usa uI skalatul bluluy tachnlquas tu racun-
struct ua, sax, andar, dlat, und anarul haulth dutu Irun
hunun skalatul ranulns. Tha saclullad study uI lnjury und
dlsausa ln skalatul ranulns ls cullad po|ecpothc|cgy.
Pr|motc|cgy: Flrst-hund ubsarvutlun uI nunhunun rlnuta
bahuvlur ln axarlnantul sattlns, uus, und rlnutas' nutu-
rul anvlrunnants.
Mc|ecu|or onthrcpc|cgy: Tha usa uI anatlc unulysls tach-
nlquas tu study hunun avulutlun, ussass tha daraa uI ralut-
adnass batwaan hununs und llvln rlnuta saclas, und
racunstruct hlsturlcul uttarns uI hunun nlrutlun.
Po|econthrcpc|cgy: Tha study uI hunun avulutlun Irun
fcss||s, tha hurdanad ranulns uI unclant lunt und unlnul
llIa. Pulauunthruululsts usa tha suna tachnlquas Iur axcu-
vutln und dutln Iusslls thut urchuaululsts usa.
ARCHAEDLDGlCAL mETHDDS
5urvey: A systanutlc axunlnutlun uI u ralun tu ldantlIy
urchuaululcul sltas.
Pedestr|on survey lnvulvas tha usa uI vlsuul lndlcuturs ut
tha surIuca tu ldantlIy sltas.
kemcte sens|ng usas nudarn tachnuluy tu ldantlIy sltas.
Aer|o| phctcgrophy und sote|||te |mog|ng nuy ru-
vlda cluas tu slta lucutluns thut ura nut raudlly uurant
Irun tha surIuca.
Othar tachnlquas, such us gecmognet|c sens|ng und
grcund-penetrot|ng rodor, ldantlIy ununullas wlthln
tha Eurth's nunatlc Iald ur sulls thut nuy ba churuc-
tarlstlc uI Iauturas wlthln burlad urchuaululcul sltas.
xcovot|cn: CuraIul ranuvul uI sull Irun u slta. All lnIurnu-
tlun un tha lucutlun uI sull tyas, urtlIucts, und Iauturas ls
curaIully racurdad. Archuaululsts usa dutu Irun axcuvutlun
tu lntarrat ust culturul uctlvltlas cunductad ut sltas.
Dot|ng methcds: Tachnlquas tu datarnlna tha ua uI axcu-
vutad Iusslls, urtlIucts, und Iauturas.
ke|ot|ve dot|ng: Usa uI sull und ruck stroto ur tha rasanca
uI Iusslls ur urtlIucts uI knuwn ua tu datarnlna tha ua uI
Iusslls, urtlIucts, ur sull strutu ln ralutlun tu una unuthar.
Muny ralutlva dutln tachnlquas raly un strot|grophy, tha
study uI tha uccunulutlun uI sulls und ruck ln strutu.
Low cf superpcs|t|cn: Burruwad Irun auluy, stlulutas
thut, dua tu sadlnant Iurnutlun rucassas uvar tlna,
luwar strutu ura uldar und hlhar strutu ura yuunar.
Absc|ute dot|ng: Tha datarnlnutlun uI uctuul nunarlcul
ua uI Iusslls, urtlIucts, ur strutu. Muny ubsuluta dutln
tachnlquas raly un tha knuwn ruta uI rudluuctlva dacuy uI
unstob|e |sctcpes-vurlatlas uI alanants thut huva unstu-
bla nuclal. SaclIc tachnlquas lncluda rudlucurbun dutln,
utusslun-urun dutln, tharnulunlnascanca dutln, uru-
nlun sarlas dutln, und alactrun sln rasununca dutln.
mETHDDS lN CULTURAL ANTHRDPDLDGY
Port|c|pont cbservot|cn: Tha rlnury nauns uI ubtulnln athnu-
ruhlc dutu un culturas, ln whlch tha unthruululst llvas wlthln
u cultura Iur un axtandad arlud us buth un uctlva urtlclunt ln
und ubsarvar uI custuns, ructlcas, bahuvlurs, suclul lntaruc-
tlun, rltuuls, caranunlas, und uthar uccurrancas ln tha dully llIa
uI tha nanbars uI tha ruu. Ethnuruhars ulsu ubtuln dutu
Irun cunvarsutluns und Iurnul ur lnIurnul lntarvlaws.
Key |nfcrmonts: Knuwladaubla aula wlthln u cultura
wlth whun tha unthruululst astubllshas u ralutlunshl und
whu ruvlda lnIurnutlun ubuut cartuln usacts uI thalr cul-
tura. Tha lnIurnutlun thut kay lnIurnunts ruvlda hals tha
unthruululst lntarrat hls ur har ubsarvutluns. Sunatlnas,
kay lnIurnunts bacuna culluburuturs ln tha rasaurch.
Ceneo|cg|co| methcd: A systan uI dluruns und synbuls
thut culturul unthruululsts usa tu racurd ralutlunshls uI
klnshl, dascant, und nurrlua.
m|c perspect|ve: An lnsldar's arsactlva un u cultura.
Ethnuruhars strlva tu uchlava un undarstundln uI u cul-
tura Irun un anlc arsactlva.
t|c perspect|ve: An uutsldar's arsactlva un u cultura. An
atlc arsactlva lncludas tha laval uI ubstruct cutaurlas und
axlunutluns usad wlthln unthruululcul thaurlas tu undar-
stund cruss-culturul cunurlsuns.
mETHDDS lN LlNGUlSTlC ANTHRDPDLDGY
Progmot|cs: Tha study uI lunuua ln usa, un tha busls uI tua
racurdlns ur vldau racurdlns uI uctuul hunun cunvarsutlun.
H|stcr|co| ||ngu|st|cs: Tha usa uI Iurnul nathuds tu ldan-
tlIy chunas ln lunuua uvar tlna und ucruss raluns. Tha
daraa uI slnllurlty batwaan rasant lunuuas ls usad tu
racunstruct uncastrul lunuuas und lunuua Iunlly traas.
EVDLUTlDN AND GENETlCS
EVDLUTlDN
DaInad anarully, evc|ut|cn ls tha trunsIurnutlun uI llvln thlns uvar lun tlna arluds.
ln tha nld-1800s, twu Brltlsh rasaurchars, Chor|es Dorw|n und A|fred kusse| Wo||oce, trlad tu ldan-
tlIy tha nachunlsn thut cuusad urunlsns tu trunsIurn und naw saclas tu anara uvar tlna.
Wurkln lndaandantly, Durwln und Wulluca buth cuncludad thut noturo| se|ect|cn wus tha
nachunlsn bahlnd avulutlun. Thay lntruducad tha thaury ln u julnt rasantutlun ln 1858,
und Durwln aluburutad un lt ln O| t|e O|||| ul Sec|es (185).
Accurdln tu tha thaury uI nuturul salactlun, urunlsns thut huva trults bast sultad tu urtlculur
anvlrunnantul cundltluns huva battar uurtunltlas Iur survlvul und raruductlun. As u rasult,
thasa Iuvurubla trults ura trunsnlttad ln rautar ruurtluns tu succaadln anarutluns uI
urunlsns. Ovar tlna, urunlsns wlth tha trults andura, whlla thusa wlthuut tha trults dla uut.
GENETlCS
Fur nuturul salactlun tu tuka luca, blululcul vurlutluns nust axlst wlthln uulutluns und nust
ba ussad un dlIIarantlully tu subsaquant anarutluns. Tha study uI genet|cs ulluws un undar-
stundln uI thasa cuusas uI blululcul vurlutlun.
ln tha 180s, Austrlun butunlst Cregcr Mende| cunductad u sarlas uI braadln axarlnants
wlth au lunts thut luld tha Iuundutlun Iur tha study uI anatlcs.
Mandal cuncludad thut haradlty ls datarnlnad by dlstlnct unlts, nuw knuwn us genes.
Canas nuy ba dcm|nont ur recess|ve. Dunlnunt anas nusk uthar anas und ura axrassad
ln un urunlsn's hanutya whanavar thay ura rasant. Racasslva anas ura nunlIast ln un
urunlsn's hanutya unly lI anas Iur ussuclutad dunlnunt anas ura ubsant.
KEY TERmS
C||ne: Tha ruduul runa uI vurlutlun ln ana Iraquanclas batwaan uulutluns. C||no| d|str|-
but|cns cunslst uI unas un nus dalctln tha lucutluns uI anatlc trults.
DNA (decxyr|bcnuc|e|c oc|d[: Tha chanlcul thut cudas lnIurnutlun ln un urunlsn's anas
und thus datarnlnas tha urunlsn's anatlc nukau.
Mutot|cn: An ultarutlun ln un lndlvlduul urunlsn's anatlc nukau.
Cenet|c dr|ft: A chuna ln ana Iraquanclas wlthln u snull uulutlun us u rasult uI rundun
ultarutlun ruthar thun nuturul salactlun.
Cene cw: Tha trunsIar uI anatlc nutarlul batwaan uulutluns uI tha suna saclas thruuh
nutln und raruductlun.
5pec|es: A uulutlun uI urunlsns cuubla uI nutln und ruducln uIIsrln thut ura than-
salvas cuubla uI survlvul und raruductlun.
5pec|ot|cn: Chuna wlthln tha anatlc nukau uI u uulutlun uvar tlna untll tha ulnt thut
u naw saclas davalus.
PRlmATES
Ih zoo|og|co| ordr Pr|motes |nc|uds pros|m|ons, mon|ys, ops, ond humons.
PRlmATDLDGY
Pr|motc|cg|sts study rlnuta avulutlun und tha bahuvlur uI llvln nunhunun rlnutas ln urdar
tu uln lnslht lntu tha suclul llIa und bahuvlur uI hunun uncasturs und tu datarnlna whut
dlstlnulshas hununs Irun uthar unlnul saclas.
Hununs huva nura thun 8% uI thalr DNA ln cunnun wlth chlnunaas und urlllus. Tha study
uI thasa clusa hunun ralutlvas ulluws unthruululsts tu nuka lnIarancas ubuut tha trults und
bahuvlurs uI hcm|n|ds, tha ruu cunslstln uI llvln hununs und axtlnct hunun uncasturs.
PRlmATE CLASSlFlCATlDN
Tha urdar P||mJtes ancunussas savarul tuxununlc ruus.
Drder
5ubcrders
|nfrocrders
5uperfom|||es
Fom|||es
Pr|motes
oll primoles
P|otyrrh|n|
New World monkeys
Cerccp|thecc|deo
Old World monkeys
Hy|cbot|doe
lesser opes
lgibbons, siomongsl
Pcng|doe
orongulons
Hcm|n|doe
gorillos,
chimponzees,
humons
Hcm|nc|deo
opes ond humons
Prcs|m||
prosimions llemurs,
lorises, lorsiersl
Cotorrh|n|
Old World monkeys,
opes, humons
Anthrcpc|deo
onlhropoids
PRlmATE EVDLUTlDN
Prlnuta avulutlun baun by ut laust tha aurly Cenczc|c ero, uruxlnutaly 5 nllllun yaurs uu
(nyu). Tha auchs uI tha Canuulc aru suw nujur davalunants ln rlnuta avulutlun.
pcch Deve|cpments
Po|eccene 65-55 myo: ros|m|ons, lh or||sl pr|mols, mrgd
ccene 54-38 myo: ros|m|ons lour|shd
D||gccene 38-23 myo: /nlhropo|ds mrgd os prdom|nonl pr|mols
M|ccene 23-6 myo: Nw onlhropo|ds mrgd, such os roconsu|, wh|ch moy b on
oncslor ol ||v|ng O|d wor|d mon|ys ond ops
6-0 myo: |or||sl hom|no|ds mrgd, |nc|ud|ng /lrop|lhcus ond Knyop|lhcus
0-5 myo: Olhr hom|no|ds mrgd, |nc|ud|ng S|vop|lhcus, O|gonlop|lhcus,
0ryop|lhcus, ond Orop|lhcus
8-5 myo: /ncslors ol humons or b||vd lo hov d|vrgd lrom lh oncslors
ol ch|mponzs ond gor|||os
Soh|onlhropus lchodns|s. / nw loss|| dol|ng lrom oboul 76 myo, moy com-
b|n lro|ls choroclr|sl|c ol ch|mponzs w|lh mor humon quo||l|s, such os
lh|c|r loolh nom| ond o |ss prolrud|ng snoul
PRlmATE TRAlTS AND BEHAVlDRS
Prlnutas ussass savarul chuructarlstlc tro|ts ond behov|crs thut dlstlnulsh than Irun uthar unl-
nuls. Thasa trults, whlch hununs shura, nuy huva baan lnIuantlul ln hunun blululcul avulutlun.
Ab|||ty tc grosp: Prlnutas huva tha ublllty tu rus ubjacts wlth thalr hunds und Iaat, und
sunatlnas wlth u rahanslla tull.
Dppcsob|e thumbs: Thunbs thut cun tuuch auch uI tha uthar Inars, whlch ulluw rl-
nutas tu rus ubjacts Irnly.
Prec|s|cn gr|p: Tha ublllty tu rus batwaan tha thunb und lndax Inar, whlch ls cruclul tu
tuul usa.
5enscry ob|||t|es: Prlnutas huva u nura ucuta sansa uI slht und lass ucuta sansa uI snall
cunurad tu uthar nunnuls. Prlnutas' sansa uI tuuch ls cuncantrutad rlnurlly wlthln tha
Inartls ruthar thun tha nula us ln uthar nunnuls.
Ccmp|ex bro|n: Prlnuta brulns Iucus nura lntanslvaly un nanury, thuuht, und ussuclutlun thun
uthar nunnul brulns. Prlnutas ulsu huva u hlhar bruln-tu-budy-sla rutlu thun uthar unlnuls.
H|gh porento| |nvestment: Prlnutas usuully lva blrth tu u slnla uIIsrln ut u tlna und ru-
vlda thut uIIsrln wlth nura lntanslva cura uvar u lunar daandancy arlud cunurad tu
uthar nunnuls.
5cc|o| grcups: Prlnutas llva wlthln ruus uI uthar nanbars uI tha suna saclas.
1cc| use: Chlnunaas (hununs' clusast rlnuta ralutlvas) huva tha ublllty tu nunuIuctura
und usa slnla tuuls tu ubtuln Iuud und wutar. Thay nudlIy twls und usa than tu ull tar-
nltas uut uI thalr nasts, und usa lauvas us racatuclas Iur wutar. Orunutuns und urlllus du
nut nuka tuuls but du huva tha ublllty tu uln und thruw ubjacts. Thasa ubllltlas wara lnur-
tunt ln tha nunuIuctura uI tuuls und rujactlla wauunry by aurly hunlnlds und hununs.
Ccmmun|cot|cn: Nunhunun rlnutas usa cull systans tu cunnunlcuta wlth una unuthar ln
suclul ruus ln thalr nuturul sattlns, und ulsu ura ubla tu laurn synbuls. Chlnunaas und
urlllus huva baan tuuht tu undarstund und usa sln lunuua, huwavar, thasa saclas huva
nut lnvantad systans uI sln lunuua lndaandantly und luck tha laval uI cunatancy wlth
synbullc bahuvlur thut hununs ussass.
Hunt|ng: Chlnunaas Iurn huntln urtlas tu hunt snull unlnuls (rlnurlly rad culubus nunkays).
Bubuuns huva baan ubsarvad huntln yuun untaluas.
DlFFERENCES BETWEEN HUmANS AND DTHER PRlmATES
5cc|o| behov|cr:
ln hunun suclatlas, tha strunast, nust urasslva lndlvlduuls du nut dunlnuta us thay du ln nun-
hunun rlnuta suclul ruus.
Hununs huva tha strunast tandancy tuwurd shurln und cuuarutlun uI ull tha rlnutas.
K|nsh|p ond morr|oge:
All hunun suclatlas Iautura suna tya uI morr|oge und u tobcc cn |ncest ln suna Iurn (see
Murrlua, ut|e| s|Je).
xcgomy (nurrlua uutslda un lndlvlduul's ruu) und k|nsh|p systems llnk hununs bayund
un lndlvlduul's lnnadluta suclul ruu. Bunds batwaan hunun uulutluns ulsu sarva us u
busls Iur uthar lun-dlstunca uctlvltlas und axchunas.
Nunhunun rlnutas luck uny rasanblunca uI po|r bcnd|ng slnllur tu nurrlua ur racunltlun
uI dascant ln tha Iurn uI kln ralutluns. Anun uas, nutln anarully uccurs whan Ianulas
antar astrus, durln uvulutlun.
ccmmcn oncestcr
Afr|con
opes
mcdern
humons
A. boisei A. robuslus
A. olriconus
H. sopiens
H. ereclus/
ergosler
H. hobilis/
rudollensis
A. olorensis
A. onomensis
Ardipilhecus
romidus
A. oelhiopicus
8.0 million
yeors ogo
7.0 myo
6.0 myo
5.0 myo
4.0 myo
3.0 myo
2.0 myo
I.0 myo
presenl
A. boisei A. boisei
A. oelhiopicus A. oelhiopicus
A. robuslus A. robuslus
A. olriconus A. olriconus
A. olorensis A. olorensis
A. onomensis A. onomensis
H. hobilis/ H. hobilis/
rudollensis rudollensis
H. ereclus/ H. ereclus/
ergosler ergosler
H. sopiens H. sopiens
Ardipilhecus Ardipilhecus
romidus romidus
SPARKClAR1S
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