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Biological Anthropology UF Exam 1Questions and Answers
Anthropology - Answer-The study of the human species
Four fields of anthropology - Answer-Biological
Cultural
Archaeology
Linguistics
What is biological anthropology? - Answer-The study of the humans as a biological
species
What is cultural anthropology? - Answer-The study of human culture
What is archaeology? - Answer-The study of human material culture
What is linguistics? - Answer-The study of human language
What are some examples of the interdisciplinary nature of biological anthropology? -
Answer-Anatomical sciences
Genetics
Human biology
Bio archaeology
Forensic science
Primatology
Paleontology
Evolutionary biology
What are the steps of the scientific method? - Answer-1. Form a question
2. Do background research
3. Form a hypothesis
4. Test your hypothesis
5. Analyze data
6. Draw a conclusion
What form does a hypothesis need to be in? - Answer-An if, then statement
What are the two qualifications for a hypothesis? - Answer-•Testable
•Falsifiable
In order to conduct and experiment you need... - Answer-• Observations of your results
What are facts? - Answer-Facts are objective and veritable observations
, What are opinions? - Answer-An opinion is a abort or judgment formed about something
not necessarily based on fact or knowledge
Paradigm - Answer-Universally recognized framework or "world view"
Theory - Answer-An explanation of facts acquired through the scientific method and
repeatedly tested and confirmed
Hypothesis - Answer-A proposed explanation for an observation that can be tested, an
"educated guess"
Rule - Answer-Statement based on repeated experimental observations; summary of
facts
Fact - Answer-Objective and verifiable observation
Aristotle - Answer-•384-322 BCE •Greece
•Extensive knowledge about the existing biosphere
•A&P
•Biogeography
•Domestication
•Astronomy
Unexplained phenomenon in retrograde motion of planets
Nicolas Copernicus - Answer-• 1473-1543 AD
• Did research on the revolution of Celestial Spheres
• Earth is in orbit around the sun (Heliocentric Model)
• Paradigm shift did not occur right away
Carolus Linnaeus - Answer-• 1707- 1778, Sweden
• Systema Naturae
• Detailed taxonomy
• Binomial nomenclature
• Assumed fixity of species
Georges Leclerc - Answer-• 1707- 1788, France
• Natural History
• Questioned fixity of species
• Recognized interaction of environment
• Found that animals are change to fix their environment
George Cuvier - Answer-• 1769-1832, France
• Functionalism
• Catastrophism
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