Skulls - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

acclimatization - a change in the way the body functions in response to physical stress Acheulean tradition - a Lower Paleolithic stone-tool tradition associated with Homo erectus and characterized by stone bifaces, or 'hand axes.' achieved statuses - social positions people may attain later in life, often as the result of their own (or other people's) effort. adaptation - (1) the mutual shaping of organisms and their environments; (2) the shaping of useful features of an...

Forensic anthropologist - specialize in archaeology and physical anthropology; do mass grave exhumation, work for the military; have training in anatomy, biology, and archaeology Bones important for determining human species - cranium, pelvis, scapula, femur, humerus Forensic archaeology - Recover and interpret human remains; locate gravesites, remove skeletons out safely Physical anthropology - Study of the biology, variation, and evolution of humans; patterns of human shape and size, ...

Anthropology - ANSWERA scholarly field that focuses on understanding origins, development, and current diversity (biological and cultural) of specific groups of people and the human species as a whole ethnocentrism - ANSWERthe tendency to view ones own culture as best and to judge the behavior and beliefs of culturally different people by ones own standards (downfall of early anthropology) scientific racism - ANSWERattempts to use scientific methods and theories to support beliefs in the i...

Which of the following would be an example of convergent evolution? A. Hummingbird Bill sizes change in the shape to easily fit into flowers B. Competition among finches of Galapagos islands causing speciation C. Anteaters in Australia and anteaters and South America both developing long narrow skulls D. Maple trees migrating northward after glaciers started to recede in North America - Answer-C. Anteaters in Australia and anteaters and South America both developing long narrow skulls ...

AQWF All Quiet on the Western Front Exam Review questions and answers, graded A+/ verified. According to Paul, what is the finest thing to arise from the war? - -Comradeship According to Remarque, how does a soldier feel about the earth - -it is his only stability. Albert Kropp - -Is the best and clearest thinker. Is a lance- corporal. Eventually loses his leg Although the novel is told from the German point-of-view, what universal view does it offer of war? - -That death corrupts people ...

ANTHROPOLOGY EXAM 3 WVU questions and answers latest top score. what makes us human? - correct answer. Bipedalism, brains, skulls, Childhood dependency, tools, teeth biopedalism - correct answer. stresses the advantages it provided in a habitat increasingly dominated by dry, savanna-like conditions. Brains and skulls - correct answer. Early hominins had very small brains, Brain size has increased during hominin evolution, especially with the advent of the genus Ho...

Anatomy - ANSWER-parts of the body Physiology - ANSWER-function of the body parts Largest organ - ANSWER-skin (about 12% of adult weight) Functions of skin - ANSWER-protection, insulation, thermoregulation, metabolism of Vitamin D, immune function 2 layers of skin - ANSWER-epidermis and dermis Epidermis - ANSWER-- epithelial cells with keratin - cell turnover every 2 days in dogs, constant shedding of cells - avascular (no blood supply) Dermis - ANSWER-- deeper - connective ...

Q1. Consider the image below. Can you identify the fracture? Note this is a child and the bones are still growing. The epiphyses (secondary growth centers) are still separated from the shaft of each bone. Click on the part of the image where the bone fracture is located. Big hint: it is located on one of the bones of the arm NOT the bones of the hand. Another hint- look for initial callus formation. [7] - Answer-You can see the outline of the bone has been affected. Look for the discontinuity i...

Rosa hasn't ridden a bike in many years, but when she is trying to get across town during traffic, she rents one. She hops on and rides to her location. Which subcategory of Long-term Memory is this an example of? Procedural People used to believe that disordered behavior was due to demonic possession. What was done in order to "cure" this? Holes were made in the Skulls True or False? "Insanity" is a term used in psychological/psychiatric diagnoses False Fry is a 24 year old man. He work...

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