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Anthropology 2A
Lec 2
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
02/04/2008

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Napoleon Chagnon
Definition
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Bishop of Usher
Definition

1658- claimed that the earth was created in 4004 B.C.

Oct. 26 

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Herbert Spencer

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"Spencerism" 

Definition
  • 1876 "Principles of Sociology"- claims that europeans dominate the global scene because they are more "fit" to rule.
  • People trying to use biological evolution to prove that some races are better than others
  • an attitude that claims that the lower classes should not receive assistance.
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Charles Lyell
Definition
  • Geologist- 1830 Principles of Geology
  • Suggested that the earth was atleast 500,000 years old.
  • Studied stratigraphy- (stratification= layering of the Earth's crust)
  • Charles Darwin needed Lyell, for darwins perspective to work, a lot of time must pass by.
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Franz Boas
Definition
  • German Born Jew- discriminated against in Germany
  • Studies physics in germany-leads to anthropology
  • Meets eskimo (inuit) while conducting his physics research
  • Sensitive about the european claim that non-europeans were inferior
  • Comes to U.S. in the 1880s and is confronted witht h fact that racism is flourishing in the U.S.
    • Incoming immigrants not liked by the anglo-americans
    • believed that they are "less intelligent" and have smaller brains; however this difference was because of malnutrition
  • Boas studies the craniums of children immigrants and compares them over time.
  • 1896 "On the Growth of Children"- no signigicant differences between anglo and Immigrant children
  • Opposed unilineal evolution- multilineal- starting point and everyone developed in different directions
  1. Physical anthropology-human races equally intelligent
  2. Archaeology-Boaz and his students study "past history"- they all change and develop over time
  3. Linguistic- all have highly developed, complex forms of communication
  4. Cultural- all cultures are complex
  • Unilinealism=Nazi ideology
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Social Darwinism
Definition
this perspective claims that due to evolution or "survival of the fittest" that some societies are superior to others.
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Survival of the Fittest
Definition

A term coined by Darwin to explain biological evolution that scientific racists used to explain social evolution

(explain why europeans are "more civilized") 

 

Inequality is a result of evolution--- rich vs poor because of survival of the fittest 

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Armchair Anthropologist
Definition

Social scientists of the 1800's who wrote about other cultures and societies without actually visiting them

  • Usually scientific racists 
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