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ARCH 131 (Biological Anthropology)Midterm Exam Questions and Answers
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what can be inferred from bone chemistry analysis?
Correct Answer -by grinding bones up, can get idea of the diet of a person
i.e. high nitrogen isotopes= high meat diet
what is strontium?
Correct Answer -chemical that occurs in different concentrations in
different rocks/regions; makes its way into water, plants - anything that
drinks water/eats plants will have similar level of strontium in their bones
bones will show strontium levels that align with the region from which
you lived
what is taxonomy?
Correct Answer -the science of naming and classifying organisms
Who was Carl Linnaeus?
Correct Answer -1707-1778
-created the binomial classification system
-classified organic life into ever increasing general life
,what is the binomial classification system (from broadest to most
specific)?
Correct Answer -kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
species
what is the binomial classification of modern humans?
Correct Answer -Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Primate
Family Hominidae
Genus Homo
Species Sapiens
what is evolution?
Correct Answer -a change in the frequency of a gene or a trait in a
population over multiple generations
what is adaptation?
Correct Answer -a trait that increases the reproductive success of an
organism, produced by natural selection and in the context of a particular
environment
,Define culture
Correct Answer -the sum total of learned traditions, values, and beliefs
that groups of people (and few species of highly intelligent animals)
possess.
why is the dichotomy between biological and cultural influences on
humankind false?
Correct Answer -because biology produced culture; but culture can also
influence biology
what is biocultural anthropology?
Correct Answer -the study of the interaction between biology and culture,
which plays a role in most human traits
what is paleoanthropology?
Correct Answer -the study of the fossil record of ancestral humans and
their primate kin
what is osteology?
Correct Answer -the study of the skeleton
what are anthropometrists?
Correct Answer -first generation of biological anthropologists; made
detailed measurements of the human body in all its forms which is still
relevant today
what is paleopathology?
Correct Answer -the study of diseases in ancestral human populations
, what is bioarcheology?
Correct Answer -the study of human remains in an archaeological context
study the effects of trauma, epidemics, nutritional deficiencies, infectious
diseses
what is forensic anthropology?
Correct Answer -the study of the identification of skeletal remains and the
means by which the individual died
called into war crime investigations
what is primatology?
Correct Answer -the study of nonhuman primates and their anatomy,
genetics, behaviour, ecology
i.e. Jane Goodall & Dianne Fossey
what do nutritional anthropologists study?
Correct Answer -the interrelationship of diet, culture, and evolution
what is biomedical anthropology?
Correct Answer -the study of how human cultural practices influence the
spread of infectious disease and how the effects of pollution/toxins in the
environment affect human growth
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