ANTHRO 1 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY SRJC Exam 1 Questions And Answers
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Biological Anthropology
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Biological Anthropology
ANTHRO 1 BIOLOGICAL
ANTHROPOLOGY SRJC Exam 1 Questions
And Answers
Culture Learned behavior that is transmitted from person to person.
Science a way of doing something to gain knowledge based on observation and
experiments
Critical Thinking observe things as they actually are without falsif...
Linguistic Anthropology The study of human language in the past and present.
4 subfields of anthropology archaeology, biological, cultural, linguistic
James Hutton (1726-1797) father of geology, the theory of earth formation. Thought earth
was much older than the bible and natural forces formed earth characteristics. This was called
Uniformitarianism.
allele Different forms of a gene
chromosomes threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes
Uniformitarianism wind and rain created erosion, which provided the raw materials—
sand, rock, and soil—for the formation of new land surfaces. Over time, these surfaces became
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ANTHROPOLOGY SRJC Exam 1 Questions
And Answers
stacked one on top of the other, forming layers, or strata, of geologic deposits From the (very
long) time it took for these strata to build up, he calculated Earth's age in the millions of years.
Charles Lyell (1797-1875) started stratigraphy: the study of the earth rocks and soil layers
or (Strada). Came up with the idea of deep time the further you dig down the further in time you
go. based on examinations of geologic strata, confirmed Hutton's estimate of Earth's very old
age.
Stratigraphy the study of the earth rocks and soil layers or (Strada).
Fossils mineralized remains of past organisms
George Cuvier (1769-1832) Believed in Catastrophism: stated that cataclysmic events are
responsible for geologic changes throughout earth history.
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