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ANTH 102 Exam 1 Scott Suarez well answered to pass
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ANTH 102 Exam 1 Scott Suarez well answered to pass
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ANTH 102 Exam 1 Scott SuarezWhat is anthropology? - correct answer ✔✔The science that investigates human
biological and cultural variation and
evolution.
What are the 4 subfields of anthropology? - correct answer ✔✔1) Cultural Anthropology
2)Linguistic Anthropology
3)Archaeology 4)Biological
What is the definition of biological (physical) Anthropology? - correct answer ✔✔The mix between social
studies and biological studies
What are the keystones of Anthropology? - correct answer ✔✔Human Culture - Origin, change, variation
Human biology - Origin, change, variation
What is the outline of the scientific method? - correct answer ✔✔1) Observation
2)Deduction
3) Hypothesis
3) Test Hypothesis
5) Support or reject hypothesis
What is stasis? - correct answer ✔✔All things are fixed and unchanging
What is the Great Chain of Being? - correct answer ✔✔hierarchical system with all species linked in a chain, and each species held a permanent place with no concept of extinction or evolution What is the fixity of species? - correct answer ✔✔the idea that species cannot be changed
How is Intelligent Design similar to the views of the middle ages? - correct answer ✔✔God made everything perfect. No change, no evolution
Where does the US stand in comparison to the rest of the world with regards to belief in human evolution? - correct answer ✔✔Less than half of the people in the US believe that humans evolved. Less than half aren't sure
What is the classification system? - correct answer ✔✔Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Archbishop James Usher - correct answer ✔✔Studied the 'begats' in the Old Testament
Calculated the date of creation
4004 BC
Reverend John Lightfoot - correct answer ✔✔Confirmed Archbishop James Usher's date, but said it was October 23 at 9 am
John Ray - correct answer ✔✔originated the idea of species (Plants and animals can be grouped into sets
that can mate and reproduce)
Carolus Linnaeus - correct answer ✔✔developed binomial nomenclature
added class and order
Ex. Homo sapiens
Fixity of species
Comte de Buffon - correct answer ✔✔Earth arose from collision of comet and sun
Realized that everyday forces change the globe
Ex. Erosion from wind and water, volcanic activity, and earthquakes
Beginnings of Deep Time
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