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What iican iibe iilearned iifrom iistudying iia iipopulation iithrough iitime? ii- iiAnswers ii-We iican
iilearn iithat iidiets, iiand iitherefore iihuman iibiology, iichange iithrough iitime.
Biological iianthropologists iiseek iito iistudy ii- iiAnswers ii-humans iifrom iibiological iiand
iicultural iiperspectives.
Biological iianthropologists iiview iihow iihumans iicome iito iibe iithe iiway iithey iiare iias iithe
iiresult iiof ii- iiAnswers ii-both iievolutionary iihistory iiand iitheir iiown iiindividual iilife
iihistories.
Biological iianthropologists iistudy iiwhat iitype(s) iiof iiscience? ii- iiAnswers ii-biological iiand
iisocial
The iiscientific iimethod ii- iiAnswers ii-involves iiempirical iidata iicollection iiand iihypothesis
iitesting.
Biological iianthropology iiis iia iiscience iibecause iiit ii- iiAnswers ii-uses iidata iito iihelp iifill
iigaps iiin iiknowledge iiabout iihow iithe iinatural iiworld iioperates.
A iihypothesis iiis ii- iiAnswers ii-a iitestable iistatement iithat iipotentially iiexplains iispecific
iiphenomena iiobserved iiin iithe iinatural iiworld.
How iiis iia iitheory iidifferent iifrom iia iihypothesis? ii- iiAnswers ii-A iitheory iiis iian
iiexplanation iithat iihas iibeen iicarefully iiexamined iiand iitested.
Anthropology iiviews iihumans iias ii________ iibeings. ii- iiAnswers ii-biological iiand
iicultural
The iifour iibranches iiof iianthropology iiare ii- iiAnswers ii-biological, iiarchaeological,
iicultural, iiand iilinguistic.
Charles iiDarwin's iibook iiOn iithe iiOrigin iiof iiSpecies ii(1859) iiwas iiconsidered iian
iiimportant iicontribution iito iimodern iiscience iibecause iiit ii- iiAnswers ii-synthesized
iiinformation iifrom iidiverse iiscientific iifields iiin iiorder iito iidocument iievolutionary iichange.
Uniformitarianism iiis iithe iitheory iithat ii- iiAnswers ii-the iinatural iiprocesses iioperating
iitoday iiare iithe iisame iias iithe iinatural iiprocesses iithat iioperated iiin iithe iipast.
, Why iiis iithe iiwork iiof iiAlfred iiRussell iiWallace iiconsidered iiwhen iidiscussing iithe iitheory
iiof iievolution? ii- iiAnswers ii-He iiwas iian iiEnglish iinaturalist iiwho iihad iiarrived iiat iimany
iiof iithe iisame iiconclusions iias iiDarwin iithrough iihis iiown iiresearch.
Darwinian iievolution iiproposes iithat ii- iiAnswers ii-species iiadapt iiand iichange iiover iitime
iibased iion iithe iienvironment.
From iiwhich iifive iiscientific iidisciplines iidid iiDarwin iidraw iiinformation? ii- iiAnswers ii-
geology, iipaleontology, iitaxonomy iiand iisystematics, iidemography, iiand iievolutionary
iibiology
How iidid iiLamarck iicontribute iito iithe iitheory iiof iievolution? ii- iiAnswers ii-He iiproposed
iithe iifirst iiserious iimodel iiof iihow iitraits iiare iipassed iion iifrom iiparent iito iioffspring
iithrough iiinheritance iiof iiacquired iicharacteristics, iithough iithat iiidea iiturned iiout iito iibe
iiincorrect.
Evolutionary iisynthesis iiis ii- iiAnswers ii-a iiunified iitheory iiof iievolution iithat iicombines
iigenetics iiwith iinatural iiselection.
Mendel's iiplant iiexperiments iidemonstrated iithat ii- iiAnswers ii-traits iiare iipassed iion
iifrom iiparent iito iioffspring iias iidiscrete iiunits.
The iiscientist iiwho iicoined iithe iiname iiHomo iisapiens iifor iihuman iibeings iiand iiplaced
iithem iiin iia iihigher iitaxonomic iigroup ii(primates) iiwas ii- iiAnswers ii-Carolus iiLinnaeus.
Why iiare iiDarwin's iifinches iiconsidered iigood iiexamples iiof iinatural iiselection? ii-
iiAnswers ii-They iiembody iithe iiidea iiof iidescent iiwith iimodification.
Somatic iicells iiinclude iiall iiof iithe iifollowing iiEXCEPT ii- iiAnswers ii-gametes.
Complementary iibases iiin iiDNA iiare ii- iiAnswers ii-adenine iiand iithymine.
Gametes iiare ii- iiAnswers ii-haploid.
Hox iigenes ii- iiAnswers ii-appear iito iifunction iiin iisimilar iiways iiacross iidiverse iigroups iiof
iiorganisms.
Nucleotide iibases iiin iinuclear iiDNA iiinclude iiall iiof iithe iifollowing iiEXCEPT ii- iiAnswers ii-
uracil.
The iiexpression iiof iipolygenic iitraits iiis ii- iiAnswers ii-determined iiby iigenes iiat iiseveral
iiloci.
DNA ii- iiAnswers ii-directs iicellular iifunction.
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