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Biological Anthropology Questions withcorrect Answers
What iiare iisome iikinds iiof iiphysical/biological iianthropology? ii- iiAnswers ii--Primatology
-Paleoanthropology
- iihuman iibiology
-skeletal iibiology
-paleopathology
How iido iihumans iiadapt iito iienvironmental iistressors? iiexamples? ii- iiAnswers ii--
biological/cultural iiadaptations
-e.g. iiliving iiat iialtitude iias iian iiex ii(bergmanns ii& iiAllen's iiRule)
Are iiall iiHuman iibiological iiadaptations iievolutionary? ii- iiAnswers ii-
How iidoes iigenetics iicontribute iito iibiological iianthropology? ii- iiAnswers ii--biological
iidiversity iiamong iihumans, iigenes iiprovide iiimportant iimeans iito iistudy iithat iivariation,
iievolution iican iigo iialong iito iiexplain iiwhy iiit iiexists
-e.g. iilactase iipersistance, iisickle iicell, iietc
What iiis iithe iisignificance iiof iiracial iicategories? ii- iiAnswers ii--bring iiorder iito iithe
iidiversity iiof iipeople; iimakes iisense iiof iithe iiworld iiaround iius iiand iihow iito iiunderstand
iivarious iiphenomena iiwe iiexperience ii(understanding iithe iidifferences iibetween
iihumans)
Why iiare iiracial iicategories iinot iigood iibiological iimarkers? ii- iiAnswers ii--arbitrary iiand
iisubjective iidivisions iiof iiclinical iivariation, iirely iiupon iihomogenized iicentral iitendencies
-ignoring iigreater iivariation iiwithin iiracial iicategories iithan iibetween iithem iiand iitraits
ii(skin iicolor, iihair iitype, iibody iitype) iido iinot iico-vary)
-genetic iivariation iidoes iinot iimatch iineatly iiwith iiphenotypes
What iitraits iicharacterize iiprimates? ii- iiAnswers ii--grasping iihands ii(and iifeet)
-nails, iinot iiclaws
-vision iiimportant ii(convergent iiorbits iiand iipostorbital iibar) ii(reliant iion iivision)
-increased iibrain iicomplexity
-fewer iichildren
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What iiis iithe iievolutionary iihistory iiof iiprimates? ii- iiAnswers ii-- iiafter ii23 iimya iihave
iievolution iiof iia ii1st iiof iiape iispecies
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