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1、AnanthropologylessoninfoodbyJoyceDoughty,BSc,LecturerintheDepartmentofHumanNutrition,LondonSchoolofHygieneandTropicalMedicineAnthropologyisthescienceofmananditisainfact,breddogsforeatingastheyweretheonlystudynotonlyofwhatmanlookslikebuthowhequadrupedsavailableforfood.behaves.It
2、iscustomarytodividethesubjectintoManyofthebeliefsaboutfoodoriginatefromaphysicalanthropology,whichmakesacomparativeparticularwayoflife.Whencircumstanceschangeexaminationofthephysicalcharacteristicsofthebeliefsareoftencarriedon,longaftertheyhavehumanbeings,suchastheirsize,shapea
3、ndcolour•ceasedtoberelevantandthereasonsforthemareing,andsocialandculturalanthropology,whichlooksforgotten.Thisiswhyanthropologistshavetoatman'sbeliefsandbehaviourandhisrelationshipconsiderthehistoryofman'senvironmentand,withhisfellows.wheneverpossible,theystudythe'primitive'We
4、aretodaywhathistoryhasmadeus.Inthesocietieswhichstillremainintheworldtoday.industrialisedcountriesoftheworldcomplicatedBecausethesettlementsareonasmallscaleandlifesocietieshavebeenbuiltfrommixturesofracesandisrelativelysimpleandunaffectedbymodernculturesandmoderntechnologyprovi
5、desfood,technologyandeconomicsystems,itismucheasiershelterandamusement.Weseemtohavecomeatoassociatetheirbeliefsandbehaviourwiththeirlongwayfromthesimplelifeofourearlyancestorswayoflifeandtheirattitudetorelationsandandyetwestillhavecustomsandholdbeliefsneighbours.Manyanthropolog
6、istshavespentwithoutknowingtheirreasonandorigin.Inthemonths,andevenyears,studyingeveryaspectofUnitedKingdomwecelebratecertainoccasions,lifeinthesecommunitiesandtheknowledgesuchasChristmasandEaster,byeatingcertaingainedhelpstogivesomecluestothebehaviouroffoods,buttheoriginofthes
7、ecustomsgoesbacktopeopleinacomplicatedtechnologicalsociety.ancientpaganfestivalswhichwereadopted,andInthemodernworldwithimprovedtransportadapted,bythechristianpriests.Theforcesofandcommunicationsandaveryrapidlyincreasingnaturewerefearfulandinexplicabletoouran•populationweareina
8、periodofgreatchange.cestorswhomadesacrificesandheldcer