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ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 Human Origins (week 1)Biological /physical Anthropology - correct answer The study of human beings as members of an animal species; genetics, physiology, physical adaptations; osteology, paleoanthropology, primatology, forensics, odontology, etc. Paleoanthropology - correct answer The study of human origins. Common Ancestor - correct answer The shared ancestor of new, different species that arose from one population DNA - correct answer An arran...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 Human Origins (week 2)Theory - correct answer a scientific explanation of observable facts based on multiple hypotheses, extensive observations and experimentation. Uniformitarianism - correct answer Charles Lyell's idea that geologic processes have not changed throughout Earth's history. Adaptive radiation - correct answer evolution from a common ancestor of many species adapted to diverse environments Natural selection - correct answer A nat...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 Human Origins (week 4)Australopithecus afarensis -An early australopithecine from East Africa that had a brain size equivalent to a modern chimpanzee's and is thought to be a direct human ancestor. -Lucy. - Long arms, curved finger and toe bones, evolutionary baggage? - dental arch shape: shallow, little arch, parallel tooth rows, 1 cusps then 2 cusps. Dental arcade how teeth are arranged in the mouth Hadar location in present-day Ethi...

ASM 246 Human Origins (week 5) questions n answers Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa Eastern Africa - OL means "PLace" - Dupai means "wild sisal" Australopithecus boisei - July 17, 1959 by MAry Leakey - "Dear Boy" Nutcracker Man -Zinjanthropus boisei >Zinj is Arabic for "East Africa" >Anthropus is Greek for "Man" >Boisei is Mr. Boisei (benefactor) - Massive face, huge cheek teeth. -Tool maker? -1.8 Mya - Original name: Titanohomo mirabilis (hominin) -...

ASM 246 Arizona State University - ASM 246 Midterm -- Week 1 Vocab and Quiz with correct answersPaleoanthropology is the study of what? - correct answer Human Origins True or False: Humans and chimpanzees share a common ancestor - correct answer True! True or False: Paleoanthropology is a subfield of anthropology - correct answer True! True or False: Bipedalism, the ability to walk on two legs, is one of the earliest defining human characteristics - correct answer True! What is the s...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 Midterm Pt. 2 well answeredBecause humans and other primates share many characteristics, other primates provide valuable insights about early humans. - correct answer True Diversity within the primate order helps us understand - correct answer How natural selection shapes behavior. Members of the primate order are characterized by - correct answer A number of shared, derived characters, but not all primates share all of these traits. The strepsi...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 Midterm with answers rated A+Anthropology - correct answer Which of the following can be defined as: "The study of the whole of the human condition; past present and future; biology, science, language and culture." Surveying - correct answer Which of the following describes the paleoanthropology practice of walking the landscape looking for fossils on the surface? False - correct answer Humans evolved from chimpanzees. True - correct answer Fo...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 Unit 1 with correct answersWhat is polygamy - correct answer A pattern of mating behavior when a male has more than one female mate What is unusual about human family structures? - correct answer Humans tend to live in family groups and mate for long periods of time. Monogamous Behaviors or traits that reduce out evolutionary fitness (ie. Reduce our ability to survive and/or reproduce) as described as what? - correct answer Maladaption What are ...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 week 3 quiz well answered graded A+True or False: Adapids and omomyids had skeletal features similar to those of New World monkeys, such as postorbital closure and a prehensile tail - correct answer False! What is the Arboreal Hypothesis? - correct answer The idea that primates evolved because they developed adaptations for living in trees What traits were characteristics of primates as they adapted to living in trees? - correct answer Nails to gra...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 Week 6 verified/passedOne character that defines Homo erectus is the presence of what type of keel? - correct answer Sagittal One of the most surprising discoveries in the field of paleoanthropology is the species Homo floresiensis, which is characterized by which of the following? - correct answer Relatively small cranial capacity compared to other Homo species Cutmarks found on fossilized hominin bones from the middle Pleistocene of Bodo, Ethiopi...