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Biological Anthropology (Ch. 1) Exam Questions and Answers
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Biological Anthropology (Ch. 1) ExamQuestions and Answers
Opening iistory ii(Ch ii1): iiWhere iiwere iiLarsen iiand iihis iiteam iidoing iitheir iiresearch?
iiWhat iiwere iithe iithree iitime iiperiods iicovered iiby iitheir iiresearch? iiWhat iiwere iitheir
iimajor iifindings? ii- iiAnswers ii-Atlantic iiseaboard;
What iiare iithe ii4 iibranches iiof iianthropology? ii- iiAnswers ii-cultural, iiarchaeology,
iilinguistic, iibiological ii(physical)
What iiare iithe ii6 iibig iievents iiof iihuman iievolution? ii- iiAnswers ii-Bipedalism, iiNonhoning
iicanine, iimaterial iiculture/tools, iiHunting, iiSpeech, iiDomesticated iiManner
Fig. ii1.8: iiWhat iiare iithe iisteps iiin iithe iiscientific iimethod? ii- iiAnswers ii-Observations ii>
iiHypothesis ii> iiPredictions ii> iiTest ii= iiHypothesis iisupported, iior iiHypothesis iirejected
ii(start iiover)
What's iithe iidifference iibetween iia iihypothesis iiand iia iitheory? ii- iiAnswers ii-Hypothesis
iican iibe iirefuted iiby iinew iievidence
What iiare iisome iiexamples iiof iiscientific iilaws? iiWhat iimakes iithem iia iilaw iirather iithan
iia iitheory? ii- iiAnswers ii-
What iiis iiBiological iiAnthropology? ii- iiAnswers ii-"The iistudy iiof iihuman iibiological
iievolution iiand iihuman iibio-culture iivariation."
Hominins ii(def)? ii- iiAnswers ii-Humans iiand iihuman-like iiancestors
Genome ii(def)? ii- iiAnswers ii-complete iiset iiof iigenetic iiinformation
ii(chromosomal/mitochondrial iiDNA) iifor iian iiorganism iior iispecies iithat iirepresents iiall
iiinheritable iitraits
Social iiLearning ii(def)? ii- iiAnswers ii-The iicapacity iito iilearn iifrom iiother iihumans,
iienabling iithe iiaccumulation iiof iiknowledge iiacross iimany iigenerations
Hypothesis ii- iiAnswers ii-testable iistatements iithat iipotentially iiexplain iispecific
iiphenomena iiobserved iiin iithe iinatural iiworld
Scientific iimethod ii(def)? ii- iiAnswers ii-An iiimperial iiresearch iimethod iiin iiwhich iidata iiare
iigathered iifrom iiobservations iiof iiphenomena, iihypothesis iiare iiformulated/tested, iiand
iiconclusions iiare iidrawn iithat iivalidate iioriginal iihypotheses
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