Anthropology Key Concepts
Anthropology 001 Key Terms
Chapter 1 Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Chapter 2 The Development of Evolutionary Theory
Chapter 3 The Biological Basis of Life
Chapter 4 Heredity and Evolution
Chapter 5 Macroevolution: processes of Vertebrate and Mammalian Evaluation
Chapter 6 An Overview of The Living Primates
Chapter 7 Primate Behavior
Chapter 8 Hominid Origins
Chapter 9 The First Despersal of the Genus Homo:
Homo erectus
and Contemporaries
Chapter 10 Premodern Humans
Chapter 11
Homo sapiens sapiens
Chapter 12 Approaches to Understanding Modern Human Origins
Chapter 13 The Anthropological Perspective on The Human Life Course
Chapter 14 Lesson from The Past, Lessons for the Future
Anthropology 003 Key Terms
Part I: Introduction to Anthropology
Chapter 1 What is Anthropology?
Chapter 2 The Concept of Culture
Chapter 3 Theorical Approaches in Cultural Anthropology
Chapter 4 Explanation and Evidence
Part II: Cultural Variation
Chapter 5 Communication and Language
Chapter 6 Getting Food
Chapter 7 Economic Systems
Chapter 8 Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism
Chapter 9 Sex, Gender, and Culture
Chapter 10 Marriage and the Family
Chapter 11 Marital Residence and Kinship
Chapter 12 Associations and Interest Groups
Chapter 13 Political Life: Social Order and Disorder
Chapter 14 Psychology and Culture
Chapter 15 Religion and Magic
Chapter 16 The Arts
Chapter 17 Culture Change and Globalization
Chapter 18 Applied and Practicing Anthropology
Chapter 19 Medical Anthropology
Chapter 20 Global Social Probalems
College of Alameda Anthropology
Dept. of Anthropology
PCCD
Updated August 2009