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Biological Anthropology Exam Questions and Answers
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Biological Anthropology ExamQuestions and Answers
Anthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-the iiholistic iistudy iiof iithe iihuman iispecies, iiits iipast, iipresent,
iiits iibiology, iiits iiculture, iiits iilanguage
Biological iiAnthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-an iiinterdisciplinary iiand iihistorical iiscience
Evolution ii- iiAnswers ii-a iitheory, ii"change iiover iitime"
European iiWorld iiView ii- iiAnswers ii-a iiworld iiin iistasis, iifixity iiof iispecies, iiGreat iiChain
iiof iiBeing, iino iinotion iiof iiDeep iiTime
Great iiChain iiof iiBeing ii- iiAnswers ii-a iiway iito iiexplain iiwhere iievery iiliving iithing iifit iiinto
iithe iiladder iiof iirelationships iiwith iieverything iielse
Deep iiTime ii- iiAnswers ii-the iiessential iiconcept iidonated iiby iigeology iithat iistated iithat
iithe iiearth iiwas iiold iienough iifor iibiological iievolution iito iibe iia iipossibility
Fixity iiof iiSpecies ii- iiAnswers ii-the iiidea iithat iiliving iithings iiare iias iiGod iiinitially iicreated
iithem, iiand iithat iithey iinever iichanged iii
James iiUssher ii- iiAnswers ii-wanted iito iiknow iithe iiage iiof iithe iiearth; iiOctober ii23, ii4004
iiBC
Count iiBuffon ii- iiAnswers ii-Uniformitarianism iiand iideeper iitime
James iiHutton ii- iiAnswers ii-Uniformitarianism
Charles iiLyell ii- iiAnswers ii-Earth iievolves iiby iiuniform iiprocesses; iigeologist
John iiRay ii- iiAnswers ii-concept iiof iispecies iiand iigenus
Carolus iiLinnaeus ii- iiAnswers ii-first iitaxonomy iiof iiplants iiand iianimals iiby iiphysical
iiappearance
Catastophism ii- iiAnswers ii-fossil iievidence iiindicate iimultiple iiextinctions iiand iimultiple
iicatastrophies
Uniformitarianism ii- iiAnswers ii-gradual iiforces iishaped iithe iiplanet iiwhich iiare iistill iiat
iiwork iitoday
, Jean iiBaptiste iiLamark ii- iiAnswers ii-Inhertitance iiof iiAcquired iiCharacteristics-
interaction iibetween iiorganisms iiand iitheir iienvironment, iichanges iiin iitrait iiare iiinherited
ii(giraffe iiscenario)
Thomas iiMalthus ii- iiAnswers ii-most iiliving iithings iiproduce iimore iioffspring iithan iican iibe
iiexpected iito iisurvive; iicompetition iifor iifood iiand iiresources
Darwin's iiPostulates ii- iiAnswers ii-1) iiThere iiis iithe iia ii"struggle iifor iiexistence" iib/c iia
iipopulation iigrows iifaster iithan iiits iifood iisupply
2) iiThere iiis iidifferential iisuccess iito iisurvive iiand iireproduce
3) iiVariation iiin iia iipopulation iiis iipresent iiand iiis iiheritable
Natural iiSelection ii- iiAnswers ii-AKA: iiDifferential iiSurvival iiand iiReproduction; iiwhen iithe
iienvironment iichanges, iiorganisms iithat iihave iicharacteristics iithat iienable iithem iito
iisurvive iiwill iido iiso iiand iireproduce iioffspring iiwith iithe iisame iicharacteristics
Darwin iivs iiLamark ii- iiAnswers ii-Lamark: iirequires iivariation iito iiarise iiwhen iineeded
Darwin: iivariation iialready iiexists iiand iinature iiselects iithose iiwith iiadvantageous
iicharacteristics iiaccording iito iitheir iienvironment
Old iiideas iiof iiinheritence ii- iiAnswers ii-blending iiof iiparents' iitraits, iitraits iiin iiblood,
iiexamples iiin iibreeding
Gregor iiMendel ii- iiAnswers ii-Father iiof iiGenetics
Pea iiPlants ii- iiAnswers ii-inheritance
Law iiof iiSegregation ii- iiAnswers ii-traits iiare iiinherited iias iidiscrete iiunits; iifrequent
iiunits=dominant, iiless iifrequent iiunits=recessive
Genes ii- iiAnswers ii-codes iifor iia iiparticular iitrait
Alleles ii- iiAnswers ii-a iipair iiof iigenes
Genotype ii- iiAnswers ii-combination iiof iialleles
Homozygous ii- iiAnswers ii-same iialleles
Heterozygous ii- iiAnswers ii-different iialleles
Phenotype ii- iiAnswers ii-physical iiexpression iiof iitrait
Polygenetic iiInheritance ii- iiAnswers ii-two iior iimore iigenes iiwork iitogether iito iieffect iia
iisingle iipheotypic iitrait ii(eg. iiskin iicolor); iistrongly iiaffected iiby iithe iienvironment iiin
iiwhich iithey iidevelop
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