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Biological Anthropology Final ExamStudy Guide Questions and Answers
Genetic drift - Answer-random change in alleles
Genetic flow - Answer-Transfer of genes across a population
What causes evolution? - Answer--Mutation, genetic drift, natural selection ,gene flow
What is patrilocal gene flow? - Answer-Males remain in birthplace, females migrate
What is matrilocal gene flow? - Answer-Females remain in birthplace ,males migrate
What is Mitosis? - Answer-When two daughter cells both have 46 chromosomes
What is Meiosis? - Answer-Results in four daughter cells each with 23 chromosomes.
Creates gamete cells.
What are strepsirhines? - Answer--Curved wet nose
What were the platyrrhines? - Answer--New world monkey, flat faced
What are the haplorines? - Answer--Dry nosed, larger brains, human
What is relative dating? - Answer--The process of determining the relative order of
events
What is absolute dating? - Answer--The process of determining the absolute order of
events in calendarial order
What is the angiosperm radiation hypothesis? - Answer--primates adapted to living in
the trees and eating in the trees
What species of primate is Lucy? - Answer--Australopithecus Afarensis
What is the newest primate species found called? - Answer--Homo Naledi
What were the hominins? - Answer--Primates that are within the sub smaller set of
hominids
What are the anatomical areas of Bipedality? - Answer--Foremen magnum position, S
shaped spine, leg length, angle of the knee, opposable thumb
Which hominin gives the clearest evidence of
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