What are the two types of evidence that archeologists use to study the orgins of humankind?

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Answer 1

2 types of evidence that archeologists use to study the orgins of human kind

1. Mythological

2. Physical

Answer 2

I would think that to study human origin an archaeologist would use artifacts (man-made things or items used by man) and bones (physical anthropology). In this way, they can determine how the human developed characteristics to deal with environment and how they developed technology to alter their environment.

Answer 3

Archaeologists study material culture, so I suppose that an archaeologist would look into the very old artifacts (stone tools, in this case, since they can last for the 200,000 years or so that H. sapiens has been around) to see when they first appear.  The archaeologist would also work with paleoanthropologists (paleontologists who study human origins through physical remains - bones and teeth) to look into when H. sapiens arose and how that species utilized stone tools.  One can get many other fields involved, as well, such as paleobotanists to study what it was that humans were eating.

It is important to keep in mind, though, that archaeologists study the material culture (garabage and other "stuff") left by humans, not the human bodies themselves, so any work that an archaeologist would directly be doing into researching human origins would involve studying the objects that humans used and manipulated.

For example, if an archaeologist were to happen upon a burial, the archaeologist would study the "stuff" in the burial (any prestige items, pots, stone tools, etc) that were left behind, while a paleoanthropologist or physical anthropologist would study the remains themselves.  The two would work together in interpreting the meaning of the burial.