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Biological Anthropology Exam 1 ReviewQuestions and Answers
Primate ii- iiAnswers ii-Member iiof iithe iimammalian iiorder iiPrimates, iiincluding
iiprosmians, iimonkeys, iiapes, iiand iihumans, iidefined iiby iia iisuite iiof iianatomical iiand
iibehavioral iitraits
Evolution ii- iiAnswers ii-A iichange iiin iithe iifrequency iiof iia iigene iior iia iitrait iiin iia
iipopulation iiover iimultiple iigenerations
Biological iianthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-The iistudy iiof iihumans iias iibiological iiorganisms,
iiconsidered iiin iian iievolutionary iiframework; iisometimes iicalled iiphysical iianthropology
ii(origin iiof iimodern iispecies/biological iivariation)
Hominin ii- iiAnswers ii-A iimember iiof iithe iiprimate iifamily iiHominidae, iidistinguished iiby
iibipedal iiposture iiand, iiin iimore iirecently iievolved iispecies, iia iilarge iibrain
Adaptation ii- iiAnswers ii-A iitrait iithat iiincreases iithe iireproductive iisuccess iiof iian
iiorganism, iiproduced iiby iinatural iiselection iiin iithe iicontext iiof iia iiparticular iienvironment
Anthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-The iistudy iiof iihumankind iiin iia iicross-cultural
iicontext...includes iicultural iianthropology, iilinguistic iianthropology, iiarchaeology, iiand
iibiological iianthropology ii(in iiall iitimes iiand iiplaces)
Culture ii- iiAnswers ii-The iisum iitotal iiof iilearned iitraditions, iivalues iiand iibeliefs iithat
iigroups iiof iipeople ii(and iia iifew iispecies iiof iihighly-intelligent iianimals) iipossess
Biocultural iianthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-The iistudy iiof iithe iiinteraction iibetween iibiology
iiand iiculture, iiwhich iiplays iia iirole iiin iimost iihuman iitraits
Cultural iianthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-The iistudy iiof iihuman iisocieties iiin iia iicross-cultural
iicontext; iithe iisubdivision iithat iiincludes iiethnology, iiarchaeology, iiand iilinguistics ii(all
iiaspects iiof iihuman iibehavior)
Ethnology ii- iiAnswers ii-The iistudy iiof iihuman iisocieties, iitheir iitraditions, iirituals, iibeliefs,
iiand iithe iidifferences iibetween iisocieties iiin iithese iitraits
Ethnography ii- iiAnswers ii-The iipractice iiof iicultural iianthropology; iiStudying iithe iiminute
iito iiminute iiworkings iiof iihuman iisocieties; iiespecially iinon-Western
, Linguistic iianthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-The iicomparative iistudy iiof iilanguage, iiits iiorigins,
iiand iiuse iiin iiculture; iialso iicalled iianthropological iilinguistics; iiacquisition iiin iiinfancy
iiand iichildhood
Archaeology ii- iiAnswers ii-The iistudy iiof iithe iimaterial iiculture iiof iipast iipeoples
Artifacts ii- iiAnswers ii-The iiobjects, iifrom iitools iito iiart, iileft iiby iiearlier iigenerations iiof
iipeople
Material iiculture ii- iiAnswers ii-The iiobjects iior iiartifacts iiof iipast iihuman iisocieties
Paleoanthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-The iistudy iiof iithe iifossil iirecord iiof iiancestral iihumans
iiand iitheir iiprimate iikin
Osteology ii- iiAnswers ii-The iistudy iiof iithe iiskeleton
Paleopathology ii- iiAnswers ii-The iistudy iiof iidiseases iiin iiancestral iihuman iipopulations
Bioarchaeology ii- iiAnswers ii-The iistudy iiof iihuman iiremains iiin iian iiarchaeological
iicontext
Forensic iianthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-The iistudy iiof iihuman iiremains iiapplied iito iilegal
iicontext
Primatology ii- iiAnswers ii-The iistudy iiof iithe iinonhuman iiprimates iiand iitheir iianatomy,
iigenetics, iibehavior, iiand iiecology
Human iibiology ii- iiAnswers ii-Human iigrowth iiand iidevelopment, iiadaptation iito
iienvironment iiextremes iiand iihuman iigenetics
Physical iianthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-The iistudy iiof iihumans iias iibiological iiorganisms,
iiconsidered iiin iian iievolutionary iiframework
Observation ii- iiAnswers ii-Gathering iiof iiscientific iiinformation iiby iiwatching iia
iiphenomenon
Deduction ii- iiAnswers ii-A iiconclusion iithat iifollows iilogically iifrom iia iiset iiof iiobservations
Hypothesis ii- iiAnswers ii-A iipreliminary iiexplanation iiof iia iiphenomenon; iiFormation iiis
iithe iifirst iistep iiof iithe iiscientific iimethod
Experimentation ii- iiAnswers ii-Testing iia iihypothesis
Data ii- iiAnswers ii-Scientific iievidence iiproduced iiby iian iiexperiment iior iiby iiobservation,
iifrom iiwhich iiscientific iiconclusions iiare iimade
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