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physical anthropology exam 1 chapter 1Savanna - correct answer ✔✔a large flat grassland with scattered trees and shrubs found in many
regions of the world with dry and warm to hot climates.
Hominins - correct answer ✔✔term for members of the evolutionary group that includes modern
humans and now extinct bipedal relatives.
Bipedally - correct answer ✔✔On two feet walking habitually on two legs
Species - correct answer ✔✔a group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring.
Members of one species are reproductively isolated from members of all other species
Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔The field of inquiry that studies human culture and evolutionary
aspects of human biology;includes cultural anthropology, archaeology,linguistics,and physical or
biological anthropology.
primates - correct answer ✔✔members of the mammalian order Primates which includes
lemurs,lorises,tarsiers,monkeys,apes,and humans.
evolution - correct answer ✔✔a change in the genetic structure of a population. The term is also
frequently used to refer to the appearance of a new species.
Adaptation - correct answer ✔✔An anatomical physiological or behavioral response of organisms or
populations to the environment.Adaptations result from evolutionary change specifically as a result of
natural selection.
Genetic - correct answer ✔✔Having to do with the study of gene structure and action and the patterns
of inheritance of traits from parent to offspring.Genetic mechanisms are the fou datio for evolutionary
change.
, When does the result or appearance of a new species or speciation occur? - correct answer ✔✔when
populations are isolated from one another
What is the change in genetic makeup called? - correct answer ✔✔Macroevoltion
what is microevolution? - correct answer ✔✔changes that don't necessarily lead to speciation.It does
cause populations of a species to differ from one another in the frequency of certain traits.
Culture - correct answer ✔✔Behavioral aspect of human adaption including technology traditions
language religion marriage patters and social roles. A set of learned behaviors transmitted from one
generation to the next by nonbiological genetic means.
Worldview - correct answer ✔✔General cultural orientation or perspective shared by members of a
society.
Behavior - correct answer ✔✔Anything organisms do that involves action in response to internal or
external stimuli;the response of an individual,group, or species to its environment.
Biocultural evolution - correct answer ✔✔the mutual interactive evolution of human biology and culture
the concept that biology makes culture possible and that developing culture further influences the
direction of biological evolution;a basis concept in understanding the unique components of human
evolution.
what 4 main subfields are there in anthropology in the united states? - correct answer ✔✔Cultural or
social anthropology,linguistic anthropology,archaeology,physical or biological anthropology.
applied anthropology - correct answer ✔✔the practical application of anthropological theories and
techniques.For example many biological anthropologists work in public health sector.
ethnographies - correct answer ✔✔Detailed descriptive studies of human societies. In cultural
anthropology, ethnography is traditionally the study of non western society.
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