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Biological Anthropology, Midterm -1, Ch 1-5 Exam Questions and Answers
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Biological Anthropology, Midterm #1, Ch1-5 Exam Questions and Answers
Anthropology - Answers -The study of humankind
How does anthropology differ from other sciences? - Answers -Views humans as both
biological and cultural beings
What are the four branches of anthropology? - Answers -Cultural anthropology,
archaeology, linguistic anthropology, and physical anthropology
Cultural anthropology - Answers -study of living cultures
Archaeology - Answers -study of past cultures through artifacts
Linguistic anthropology - Answers -study of language
Physical anthropology - Answers -study of human biology, specifically of the evolution
and variation of humans
ethnology - Answers -subfield of cultural anthropology, origins and characteristics of
ethnic groups with a focus on factors influencing cultural growth and change
6 specialties of biological anthropology - Answers -primatology, human biology,
paleoanthropology, skeletal biology, paleopathology, and forensic anthropology
primatology - Answers -study of primates
human biology - Answers -extreme environments and how we survive them through
adaptation
paleoanthropology - Answers -study of evolution in ancient pre-humans
skeletal biology - Answers -study of modern skeletons
paleopathology - Answers -study of disease in humans and ancestral human
populations
forensic anthropology - Answers -study of human remains in a legal context
, what makes humans different from animals? - Answers -bipedalism, non-honing
chewing, complex material culture and tool use, hunting, speech, and dependence on
domesticated foods
bipedalism - Answers -walking on two feet
non-honing chewing - Answers -upper canines are sharper
culture - Answers -learned behavior that is transmitted from person to person
sociolinguistics - Answers -science of investigating language's social contexts
biocultural approach - Answers -scientific study of the interrelationship between what
humans have inherited genetically and culturally
hominins - Answers -human and humanlike ancestors
genome - Answers -complete set of genetic information
arboreal - Answers -tree-dwelling
terrestrial - Answers -life-forms that live on land vs. trees
morphology - Answers -physical shape and appearance
scientific law - Answers -a statement of fact describing natural phenomena
hypothesis - Answers -testable statement that potentially explains specific phenomena
observed in the natural world
theory - Answers -a set of hypotheses that have been rigorously tested and validated,
leading to their establishment as a generally accepted explanation of a specific
phenomena
species - Answers -a group of related organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile,
viable offspring
4 forces of evolution - Answers -mutation, genetic drift, gene flow/migration, natural
selection
habitat - Answers -where an organism lives
adaptations - Answers -changes in physical structure, function, or behavior, that allow
an organism or species to survive and reproduce in a given environment
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