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Introduction to Biological Anthropology Exam 1 Questions and Answers
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Introduction to Biological Anthropology:Exam 1 Questions and Answers
Anthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-the iistudy iiof iihuman iiculture, iidiversity, iiand iievolution
Cultural iiAntropology ii- iiAnswers ii-ethnography, iiurban, iimedical, iieconomic, iiapplied
Physical iiAnthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-paleoanthropology, iipaleoprimatology, iigenetics,
iiprimatology, iiforensics, iipaleopathology
Linguistics ii- iiAnswers ii-unto iiitself!
Archeology ii- iiAnswers ii-prehistoric, iihistorical, iicultural iiresource iimanagement
Aristotle ii- iiAnswers ii--4th iicentury iiBC
-great iichain iiof iibeing
-there iiis iia iiprogressive iiorder iifrom ii"lower" iito ii"higher" iiorganisms
Plato ii- iiAnswers ii-created iiessentialism
Essentialism ii- iiAnswers ii--things iihave iia iiset iiof iiunchanging
characteristics iithat iimake iithem iiwhat iithey iiare
-variation iiamong iithings iiis iijust iiunimportant iideviation iifrom iithe
"essence"
Beliefs iiprior iito iithe ii1830s ii- iiAnswers ii-1. iiSpecies iiare iicomposed iiof iisimilar
iiindividuals iisharing iithe iisame iiessence.
2. iiSpecies iiare iiseparated iifrom iione iianother iiby iiwell-defined iidiscontinuities.
3. iiSpecies iiare iiconstant iithrough iitime ii(i.e., iifixed, iiimmutable).
4. iiThere iiare iistringent iilimitations iito iithe iipossible iivariation iiof iiany iione iispecies.
Teleology ii- iiAnswers ii-argument iifrom iidesign
Archbishop iiJames iiUssher ii- iiAnswers ii--1650
-used iiannals iifo iithe iiOld iiTestament iito iideduce iithe iifirst iiorigin iiof iithe iiworld
-thought iithe iiEarth iiwas iicreated iiin ii4004 iiBC
-ptolomeic iicosmology
-earth iiis iithe iicenter iiof iieverything
Copernicus ii- iiAnswers ii--1514
-he iibelieved iithe iiSun iicentered iithe iisolar iisystem
-no iione iibelieved iihim iithough
, Galileo ii- iiAnswers ii--early ii1600s
-repeated iiCopernican iiideas; iiconfrontation iiwith iithe iichurch iiled iito iihouse iiarrest
John iiRay ii- iiAnswers ii--1627-1705
-concept iiof iigenus iiand iispecies
-recognized iireproductive iicontinuity iiand iiisolation iias iibasic iicharacters iiof iia iispecies
Carolus iiLinnaeus ii- iiAnswers ii--1707-1778
-father iiof iiTaxonomy iiand iiSystematics
-published iithe iiSystema iiNaturae iiin ii1735
-formalized iibionomial iisystem ii(genus iiand iispecies)
Linnean iihierarchy ii- iiAnswers ii--Kingdom, iiPhylum, iiClass, iiOrder, iiFamily, iiGenus,
iiSpecies
-classified iiHomo iisapiens iias iian iianimal
-believed iiin iifixity iiof iispecies
Compte iide iiBuffon ii(Georges iiLouis iiLeClerc) ii- iiAnswers ii--1707-1788
-believed iianimals iichange iiin iiresponse iito iitheir iienvironment
-no iipurpose, iino iidirection, iino iichange iiin iinature
-rejected iiidea iiof iitransmutation iiof iispecies
Erasmus iiDarwin ii- iiAnswers ii--1731-1802
-Darwin's iigrandfather
-expressed iiideas iiof iievolution iiand iitransmutation iiof iispecies iilong iibefore iiDarwin
Jean-Baptiste iiLamark ii- iiAnswers ii--1744-1829
-father iiof iiBiology
-first iiserious iitheoretical iiattempt iito iiexplain iimechanism iiof iievolution
-interaction iibetween iiorganism iiand iienvironment
-theory iiof iiacquired iicharacters
Theory iiof iiacquired iicharacters ii- iiAnswers ii-"vital iiessences" iisense iineed iithrough
iiuse, iichange iithe iiform iiand iipass iion iito iioffspring
Georges iiCuvier ii- iiAnswers ii--1769-1832
-paleontologist; iiconcept iiof iiextinction ii(radical iinotion)
-recognized iithat iidifferent iianimals iioccur iiin iidifferent iistrata ii(layers iiof iirock)
-explained iiby ii"Catastaphism" iiwhere iidifferent iifloods iiwiped iiout iicreation, iifollowed iiby
iinewer, iibetter iicreations
-Today's iicreation ii(Genesis) iiis iithe iilatest iiand iibest
Charles iiLyell ii- iiAnswers ii--1797-1875
-Father iiof iimodern iiGeology
-wrote iiPrinciples iiof iiGeology
-Uniformitarianism: iigeological iiprocesses iithat iiwork iitoday iiworked iiin iithe iipast
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