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Chapter 1: What is BiologicalAnthropology Exam Questions and
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Anatomical ii- iiAnswers ii-evidence iipertaining iito iian iiorganism's iiphysical iistructure--
Darwin's iistudies iiwere iipartly iibased iion iithe iianatomical iievidence ii(dissection iiof iiapes
iiin iithis iicase)
Anthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-The iistudy iiof iihumankind, iiviewed iifrom iithe iiperspective iiof
iiall iipeople iiand iitimes.
In iithe iiu.s. iiincludes iithe ii4 iibranches iiof:
-Cultural iiAnthropology
-Archaeology ii
-Linguistic iiAnthropology
-Biological iiAnthropology ii(Physical iiAnthropology)
Arboreal ii- iiAnswers ii-living iiin iitrees
Archaeology ii- iiAnswers ii-Study iipast iihuman iisocieties,focusing iimostly iion iitheir
iimaterial iiremains--such iias iianimal iiand iiplant iiremains iiand iiplaces iiwhere iipeople
iilived iiin iithe iipast. iiArchaeologists iiare iibest iiknown iifor iitheir iistudy iiof iimaterial
iiobjects. iiThey iistudy iithe iiprocess iibehind iipast iihuman iibehaviors; iifor iiexample, iiwhy
iipeople iilived iiwhere iithey iidid, iiwhy iisome iisocieties iiwere iisimple iiand iiothers iicomplex,
iiand iiwhy iipeople iishifted iifrom iihunting iiand iigathering iito iiagricultural iibeginning iimore
iithan ii10,000 iiyears iiago. iiCultural iiAnthropologists iiof iithe iipast iiseek iito iireassemble
iicultures iiof iithe iipast
Artifacts ii- iiAnswers ii-material iiobjects iiof iipast iicultures. iiSuch iias iiweaponry iiand
iiceramics
Biocultural iiApproach ii- iiAnswers ii-anthropologists iiuse iithis iiapproach iiand iiare
iiinterested iiin iithe iiinterrelationship iibetween iibiology iiand iiculture
Biological iiAnthropology ii- iiAnswers ii--biological ii(or iiphysical) iianthropology iiis iithe
iistudy iiof iihuman iibiology, iispecifically iiof iithe iievolution iiand iivariation iiof iihumans ii(and
iitheir iirelatives iipast iiand iipresent)
-an iieclectic iifield, iideriving iitheory iiand iimethod iiboth iifrom iiwithin iithe iidiscipline iiand
iifrom iiother iisciences iithat iiaddress iiimportant iiquestions iiabout iihuman iievolution iiand
iihuman iivariation
, Bipedalism ii- iiAnswers ii-1st iievolutionary iidevelopment iifor iihumans iioccurred iiaround ii6
iiMYA--aka iiWalking iion iitwo iifeet ii(upright)
Cultural iiAnthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-The iistudy iiof iihuman iisociety iiand iiculture;
iidescribes, iianalyzes, iiinterprets, iiand iiexplains iisocial iiand iicultural iisimilarities iiand
iidifferences.
Culture ii- iiAnswers ii-the iienduring iibehaviors, iiideas, iiattitudes, iivalues, iiand iitraditions
iishared iiby iia iigroup iiof iipeople iiand iitransmitted iifrom iione iigeneration iito iithe iinext
Data ii- iiAnswers ii-evidence iigathered iito iihelp iianswer iiquestions, iisolve iiproblems, iiand
iifill iigaps iiin iiscientific iiknowledge
Empirical ii- iiAnswers ii-based iion iiobservation iior iiexperiment ii(science iiis iibased iion
iithis)
Forensic iiAnthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-a iispecialty iiwithin iibiological iianthropology,
iiexamine iiskeletons iito iiidentify iiwho iithey iiwere iiin iilife
Genome ii- iiAnswers ii-the iihaploid iiset iiof iichromosomes iiin iia iigamete iior
iimicroorganism, iior iiin iieach iicell iiof iia iimulti-cellular iiorganism.
the iicomplete iiset iiof iigenes iior iigenetic iimaterial iipresent iiin iia iicell iior iiorganism. iiIn iithe
iiHuman iigenome ii20,000-25,000 iigenes
Hominins ii- iiAnswers ii-a iiprimate iiof iia iitaxonomic iitribe ii( iiHominini ii), iiwhich iicomprises
iithose iispecies iiregarded iias iihuman, iidirectly iiancestral iito iihumans, iior iivery iiclosely
iirelated iito iihumans. iiOriginally iiappeared iiin iiAfrica ii6-8 iimillion iiyears iiago ii(mya)
Any iispecies iiof iiearly iihuman iithat iiis iimore iiclosely iirelated iito iihumans iithan
iichimpanzees, iiincluding iimodern iihumans iithemselves. ii(At iithis iipoint, iithis iiincludes
iithe iigenuses iihomo, iiaustralopithecus, iiardipithecus iiand iiparanthropus. iiThese
iigenuses iican iiand iido iichange iias iivarious iinew iifossils iiare iifound, iiwhich iieither iiadd
iinew iigenuses, iior iicast iidoubt iion iiexisting iiones. iiHomo iiand iiaustralopithecus iiare iithe
iitwo iimost iidefinite).
Hypotheses ii- iiAnswers ii-testable iistatements iithat iipotentially iiexplain iispecific
iiphenomena iiobserved iiin iithe iinatural iiworld
Language ii- iiAnswers ii-a iiset iiif iiwritten iior iispoken iisymbols iithat iirefer iito iithings
ii(people, iiplaces, iiconcepts, iietc.) iiand iimake iiit iipossible iifor iithe iitransfer iiof iiknowledge
iifrom iione iiperson iito iithe iithe iinext iiand iifrom iione iigeneration iito iithe iinext
Linguistic iiAnthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-studies iilanguage iiin iiits iisocial iiand iicultural
iicontext, iiacross iispace iiand iiover iitime
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