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CH 1-4 Essentials of Biological Anthropology 5th edition Exam Questions and Answers
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CH 1-4 Essentials of BiologicalAnthropology 5th edition Exam
The iifour iibranches iiof iianthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-cultural, iiarchaeology, iilinguistic,
iibiological
Focus iiof iiCultural iiAnthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-Study iiliving iipopulations, iispend iitime
iiwith iicultural iigroups iito iigain iimore iiintimate iiperspectives iion iicultures.
focus iiof iiarcheological iianthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-study iipast iihuman iibehaviours,
iiinvestigate iimaterial iiremains iileft iibehind iiby iihumans
focus iiof iilinguistic iianthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-study iiall iiaspects iiof iilanguage iiand
iilanguage iiuse.
focus iiof iibiological iianthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-study iihuman iievolution iiand iivariation.
what iiis iianthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-The iistudy iiof iihumankind, iiviewed iifrom iithe
iiperspective iiof iiall iipeople iiand iiall iitimes.
define iiculture ii- iiAnswers ii-learned iibehaviour iithat iiis iitransmitted iifrom iiperson iito
iiperson- iiunifying iitheme iiof iistudy iiin iicultural iianthropology.
define iiartifacts ii- iiAnswers ii-material iiobjects iifrom iipast iicultures.
define iilanguage ii- iiAnswers ii-set iiof iiwritten iior iispoken iisymbols iiused iiby iihumans iito
iirefer iito iithings iiother iithan iithemselves.
define iisociolinguistics ii- iiAnswers ii-the iiscience iiof iiinvestigating iilanguage's iisocial
iicontexts.
biocultural iiapproach ii- iiAnswers ii-the iiscientific iistudy iiof iithe iiinterrelationship iibetween
iiwhat iihumans iihave iiinherited iigenetically iiand iiculturally.
hominins ii- iiAnswers ii-humans iiand iihumanlike iiancestors.
earliest iihuman iiancestor iiappearance ii- iiAnswers ii-first iiappearing iiin iiAfrica iiaround ii6-
8 iimya
, genome ii- iiAnswers ii-the iicomplete iiset iiof iigenetic iiinformation— iichromosomal iiand
iimitochondrial iiDNA—for iian iiorganism iior iispecies iithat iirepresents iiall iiof iithe
iiinheritable iitraits
primates ii- iiAnswers ii-A iigroup iiof iimammals iiin iithe iiorder iiPrimates iithat iihave iicomplex
iibehavior, iivaried iiforms iiof iilocomotion, iiand iia iiunique iisuite iiof iitraits, iiincluding iilarge
iibrains, iiforward-facing iieyes, iifingernails, iiand iireduced iisnouts.
forensic iianthropology ii- iiAnswers ii-The iibranch iiof iiphysical iianthropology iipertaining iito
iithe iirecovery, iianalysis, iiand iiidentification iiof iihuman iiremains.
what iikind iiof iiscience iido iibioanthropologists iipractise? ii- iiAnswers ii-interdisciplinary
iiscience.
What iimakes iihumans iidifferent iifrom iianimals? ii- iiAnswers ii-six iibig iievents;
iiBipedalism, iiloss iiof iihoning iicanine, iitools/material iiculture, iispeech, iihunting ii&
iidomestication iiof iiplants iiand iianimals, iibrains
bipedalism ii- iiAnswers ii-walking iiupright iion iitwo iifeet ii6-8 iimya
nonhoning iicanine iitooth ii- iiAnswers ii-An iiupper iicanine iitooth iithat, iias iipart iiof iia
iinonhoning iichewing iimechanism, iiis iinot iisharpened iiagainst iithe iilower iithird iipremolar,
ii5.5 iimya
material iiculture ii- iiAnswers ii-the iipart iiof iiculture iithat iiis iiexpressed iias iimaterial
iiobjects iithat iihumans iiuse iito iimanipulate iienvironments. ii2.6 iimya
speech ii- iiAnswers ii-oral iiexpression iiof iilanguage. ii2.5 iimya
hunting ii- iiAnswers ii-the iicatching iiand iikilling iiof iiwildlife iifor iifood. ii1 iimya
domesticated iifood ii- iiAnswers ii-think: iidomestication, iiraising iilivestock, iietc. ii11,000
iiyears iiago
hyoid iibone iifunction ii- iiAnswers ii-unique iito iihominins iireflects iiability iito iispeak.
social iilearning ii- iiAnswers ii-the iicapacity iito iilearn iifrom iiother iihumans, iienabling iithe
iiaccumulation iiof iiknowledge iiacross iimany iigenerations
scientific iimethod ii- iiAnswers ii-An iiempirical iiresearch iimethod iiin iiwhich iidata iiis
iigathered iifrom iiobservations iiof iinatural iiphenomena, iihypothesis iiare iiformulated iiand
iitested iiand iiconclusions iiare iidrawn iithat iivalidate iior iimodify iithe iioriginal iihypothesis.
hypothesis ii- iiAnswers ii-testable iistatements iithat iipotentially iiexplain iispecific
iiphenomena iiobserved iiin iithe iinatural iiworld.
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