Lecture 1

Introduction
	Pass out syllabus & sign-in sheet
	What class is about
		Where do you get information about archaeology or fossils?
		Aim is to provide enough knowledge for critical thinking about info found
		     in mass media as well as to introduce subject- article as example
	Who I am- show National Geographic
	Mechanics of class- go over syllabus
What is Anthropology?
	The scientific study of Homo sapiens
	3- (or 4-) field approach
		Cultural and Linguistic- present day
			Learned behavior
			Shared by people in a particular group
		Biological- the human organism plus near relatives primates
			Physical variations in present-day people
			Genetics
			Human fossils
			Primate studies- physical & behavioral
		Archaeology- physical remains of past human behaviors
			"Fossil" Culture
			Artifacts & sites
What is Science?
	Method for understanding physical world
		Deals with material things- can be measured- nature centered
		Tests hypothoses
			Idea of how world works
			Generates questions- if hyp true, then something else should be true
			Tests questions- are corollaries true? trying to disprove them
			Accept, reject, or modify hypothesis
			Hypothesis must be testable and reproducable
		Constantly being refined
		Should be objective- true or false
		Theories are broad-based hyp that can explain general phenomena
		Theories are not "guesses"; they have stood up to testing
	Religion different from science, not incompatable
		Religion deals with supernatural- human's relationship to it and to each 
		    to each other
		Natural world explained only in its relationship to humans
		Cannot be tested- cannot prove/disprove existence of God, soul, afterlife
		Known though revelation- changes little
		Matters of morality- right & wrong
	Theory of Evolution has been battleground between science and religion
		Evolution contradicts literal interpretation of Genesis
		Bible central to Protestant belief system- Catholics went through this with
		     Galileo; even the Pope has said Evolution not anti-religious
		For this class, not asking you to believe evolutionn, just know what it's 
		     about
		Religion & Science deal with different data & use different methods
		Lots of scientists, now & past, also religious
		Belief should be kept to things that cannot be proven/disproven
Slide show- Tour of GBY