Human skeletons - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Forensic Anthropology - analysis of human remains in legal matters forensics anthropologist - analyze skeletal remains to determine the identity of a victim, life history, and cause/manner/mechanism of death -scene search, excavation and recovery what four categories can forensic anthropologists figure out from skeletons? - sex, age, stature, and race anthropology - study of all aspects of human development and interaction anthroposcopy - visual inspection of human body osteometry - me...

Biological/Physical Anthropology - ANSWERStudy of human biological variation in time and space. Paleoanthropology - ANSWERStudy of hominid and human life through the fossil record. Human Biological Plasticity - ANSWERBody's ability to change. Primatology - ANSWERStudy of biology, evolution, behavior, and social life of primates. Bone Biology - ANSWERStudy of bone as a biological tissue, including its genetics, cell structure, growth, development, decay, and patterns of movement. ...

what makes us human? - ANSWERBipedalism, brains, skulls, Childhood dependency, tools, teeth biopedalism - ANSWERstresses the advantages it provided in a habitat increasingly dominated by dry, savanna-like conditions. Brains and skulls - ANSWEREarly hominins had very small brains, Brain size has increased during hominin evolution, especially with the advent of the genus Homo. Childhood dependency - ANSWERCompared with the young of other primates, human children have a long period of chil...

NASM Personal Training Certification Exam Questions And Answers Latest 2023/2024 (Graded). Muscle imbalances - correct answers alteration of muscle length surrounding a joint Obesity - correct answers The condition of being considerably overweight, and refers to a person with a body mass index of 30 or greater, or who is at least 30 pounds over his or her recommended weight What is the BMI of a typical obese individual? - correct answers 30 or greater Refers to a person with a body mass i...

Test Bank Test Bank for Principles of Biology, 4e 4th Edition by Robert Brooker, Eric Widmaier, Linda Graham and Peter Stiling. Answers given at the end of every chapter (Chapter 1 to 47) 1 An Introduction to Biology UNIT I Chemistry 2 The Chemical Basis of Life I: Atoms, Molecules, and Water 3 The Chemical Basis of Life II: Organic Molecules UNIT II Cells 4 Evolutionary Origin of Cells and Their General Features 5 Membranes: The Interface Between Cells and Their Environment 6 How Cells Utilize ...

Archaeology Final Exam Questions With Verified Answers Bioarchaeology - answerThe study of the human biological component evident in the archaeological record Osteology - answerThe study of bone Burial Population - answerA set of human burials that come from a limited region and a limited time period. The more limited the region and the time period, the more accurate will be inferences drawn from analysis of burials Charnel House - answerA structure used by eastern North Americans to lay...

what are the three most important hominin evolutions? - ANSWERthe Pliocene (5 to 2 m.y.a.), Pleistocene (2 m.y.a. to 10,000 B.P.) and Recent (10,000 B.P. to the present) epochs What are the six species in chronological order? - ANSWER1. A. anamensis (4.2 to 3.9 m.y.a.). 2. A. afarensis (3.8? to 3.0 m.y.a.). 3. A. africanus (3.0? to 2.0? m.y.a.). 4. A. garhi (2.5 m.y.a.) 5. A. robustus (2.0? to 1.0? m.y.a.). 6. A. boisei (2.6? to 1.0 m.y.a.). afarensis's brain capacity - ANSWER450 cc ...

NVCC BIO 101 EXAM 2&3 CORRECTRY ANSWERED ANS PASSED What are fossils? - ANSWER remains of animals or plants once alive in sedimentary rock What part of the animal is usually left in a fossil? - ANSWER skeletons and bones What are the two things in which whole animals are found? - ANSWER amber and ice A scientist who digs up and studies fossils is called a- - ANSWER paleontologist No two people are genetically identical, except for identical twins, the main source of genetic vari...

APES Unit 1 Test FRQ's, AP Environmental Science-Unit 1 QuizDescribe a biological process by which carbon is removed from the atmosphere and converted to organic molecules. - correct answer Photosynthesis- In Photosynthesis, plants take in CO2 from the atmosphere and convert it into glucose/complex carbohydrates. Describe a biological process by which carbon is converted from organic molecules to a gas and returned to the atmosphere. - correct answer A biological process in which carbon is c...

ANTHROPOLOGY EXAM 3 WVU QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS. What makes us human? - answerBipedalism, brains, skulls, Childhood dependency, tools, teeth biopedalism - answerstresses the advantages it provided in a habitat increasingly dominated by dry, savanna-like conditions. Brains and skulls - answerEarly hominins had very small brains, Brain size has increased during hominin evolution, especially with the advent of the genus Homo. Childhood dependency - answerCompared with the young o...