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Biological Anthropology Exam Questions and Answers
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Biological Anthropology ExamQuestions and Answers
What iiare iithe iifour iibranches iior iifields iiof iiAmerican iiAnthropology? ii- iiAnswers ii-
Linguistic, iiCultural, iiBiological iiand iiArchaeology
How iido iithe iifour iibranches iiof iiAmerican iiAnthropology iidiffer iifrom iieach iiother? iiWhat
iibinds iithem iitogether? ii- iiAnswers ii-What iibinds iithem iitogether iiis iithat iithey iiall iideal
iiwith iiwhat iiit iimeans iito iibe iihuman iithrough iia iistudy iiof iiwhat iihumans iihave, iithink, iido,
iiand iihow iiwe iicame iito iibe iias iia iispecies.
Biological iianthropologists iiexplore iihuman iivariation iiin iimany iidifferent iiways. iiGive
iithree iiexamples iiof iithings iia iibiological iianthropologist iimight iistudy ii- iiAnswers ii-
Biological iianthropologists iimight iistudy iimolecular iistructure, iibones iiand iiteeth, iiblood
iitypes, iigenetics iiand iigenetic iihistory, iiorigins iiof iilanguage, iiprimate iiorigins, iiprimate
iisocial iibehavior, iiand iibrain iibiology
Biological iianthropology iiis iia iiseparate iifield iifrom iithe iirest iiof iibiology. iiWhat iiis iiso
iidifferent iiabout iihumans iithat iithey iimerit iia iiseparate iifield? ii- iiAnswers ii-There iiare iisix
iikey iiunique iiattributes iithat iiwarrant iihumans iia iiseparate iifield iiof iistudy. iiThese iiare
iibipedalism, iinonhoning iichewing, iicomplex iimaterial iiculture iiand iitool iiuse, iihunting,
iispeech, iiand iidependence iion iidomesticated iifoods.
How iiis ii"scientific iimethod" iidifferent iifrom iiarguing iithat iisomething iiis iitrue? ii- iiAnswers
ii-It iiis iidifferent iifrom iisimply iiarguing iibecause iitruth iior iimodification iiof iia iihypotheses
iiis iiarrived iionly iiafter iirigorous iitesting.
How iidid iithe iiinfluences iifrom iithe iifields iiof iigeology, iipaleontology, iitaxonomy, iiand
iidemography iishape iiDarwin's iiand iiWallace's iiidea iiof iinatural iiselection? ii- iiAnswers ii-
Darwin iidrew iifrom iimany iidifferent iidisciplines iito iicreate iihis iitheory iiof iinatural
iiselection. iiHe iiutilized iithe iiideas iiof iiHutton iiand iiLyell iifrom iigeology iito iidemonstrate
iithe iigreat iiage iiof iithe iiplanet iiand iiideas iiabout iithe iidevelopment iiof iithe iilandscape.
iiFrom iipaleontology, iihe iiwas iiinfluenced iiby iithe iiidea iithat iimany iipast iilife-forms iiare
iinow iiextinct. iiDemography iiinfluenced iihis iitheory iiespecially iiin iiregard iito iibirth,
iisurvival, iiand iideath, iiand iimajor iifactors iithat iiinfluence iithese iikey iiparts iiof iilife. iiAll iiof
iithese iidisciples iicontributed iito iihis iioverall iitheory iiof iievolution iiby iinatural iiselection.
By iithe iimid-twentieth iicentury, iifour iiforces iiof iievolution iiwere iidefined. iiBriefly iidescribe
iieach iiof iithese iiforces iiand iitheir iieffects iion iivariation iiboth iibetween iigroups iiand
iiwithin iigroups. ii- iiAnswers ii-The iifour iiforces iiof iievolution iiare iimutation, iinatural
iiselection, iigenetic iidrift, iiand iigene iiflow. iiWhen iia ii<mutation> iioccurs, iithis iiis iithe iionly
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