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Biocultural and Social Evolution. Flashcards

1
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The mutual, interactive evolution of human biology and culture

A

Biocultural Evolution

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2
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evolution of society

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Social Evolution

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Describes how organisms evolve
over generations through the
inheritance of physical or behavioral
traits.

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Theory of Evolution

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4
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Theory of Evolution is formulated in what book

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“On the Origin of Species” published
in 1859.

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5
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Who wrote “On the Origin of Species”

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Charles Darwin

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Hominid means

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Great apes or manlike primate

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Hominid conditions

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any human-like species who are bipedal and intelligent

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an extinct primate and believed to be the ancestor of orangutan

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Ramapithecus

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Group of extinct primates closely
related to, if not actually ancestors of,
modern human beings.

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Australopithecus

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10
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One of the oldest known human
ancestors.

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Lucy

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Lucy is found in

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Hadar, Ethiopia. in 1974

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12
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Due to its skull shape, believed to have
the ability to speak.

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Homo habilis

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13
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Homo Habilis is also called:

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Handy Man

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14
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Called the “________” due to their use of
tools particularly stone flakes to use as
weapons and protection from their
enemies.

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Handy Man

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15
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  • Stands at about 4 feet
  • Small brain
  • Used crude stone to defend from
    predators
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Zinjanthropus

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  • 5 feet tall
  • Brain double the size of a
    chimpanzee’s brain
  • Used more refined stone tools
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Lake Turkana Boy

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17
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Lake Turkana Boy is found in

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Lake Turkana, Kenya
by Dr. Richard Leakey

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18
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Zinjanthropus is found in

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Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
by Dr. Louis Leakey

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19
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Homo Erectus is also known as

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Upright Man

20
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Can stand upright

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Homo Erectus

21
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Discovered fire and used tools
extensively (raft for water
travel)

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Homo Erectus

22
Q

Almost same brain size as
modern humans but different
skull and face structure

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Homo Erectus

23
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  • About 5 feet tall
  • Could walk upright
  • Heavy and chinless jaw
  • Hairy body of modern man
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Java Man

24
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  • About 5’2” tall
  • Could walk upright
  • Brain almost as large as the
    modern man
  • Believed to lived 500,000 years
    ago.
  • Found in Peking, China
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Peking Man

25
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Believed to be the direct descendant
of modern man as they also have
similar physical descriptions.

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Homo Sapiens

26
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Homo Sapiens’ activities were largely dependent on

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hunting, fishing and
agriculture.
Buried their dead, used hand tools and had religion.

27
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Heavily built with powerful jaws and brutish and primitively intelligent

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Neanderthalensis

28
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More developed brain and
stronger than neanderthals

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Cro-Magnon

29
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First early modern humans to
settle in Europe

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Cro-Magnon

30
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A process by which structural reorganization is affected
through time.

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Socio-cultural
Evolution

31
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Early humans lived in caves or simple huts or tepees

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Paleolithic Period

32
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Stone tools shaped by polishing or grinding,

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Neolithic Period

33
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The final stage of cultural evolution or technological
development among prehistoric humans.

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Neolithic Period

34
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Hunters and gatherers.

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Paleolithic Period

35
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Used basic bone and stone tools for hunting
birds and wild animals.

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Paleolithic Period

36
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Dependence on domesticated plants or animals,

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Neolithic Period

37
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Settlement in permanent villages

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Neolithic Period

38
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Paleolithic means

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Old stone age

39
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Neolithic means

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New stone age

40
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primarily survive by hunting animals, fishing, and gathering plants.

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Hunting and Gathering Society

41
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pasture animals for food and transportation

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Pastoral Society

42
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rely on cultivating fruits, vegetables, and plants

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Horticultural Society

43
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cultivating crops over large areas and raising farm animals

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Agricultural Society

44
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form of society based on ownership of land

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Feudal Society

45
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based on using machines to produce goods

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Industrial Society

46
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shaped by the human mind, aided by computer
technology

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Post-industrial Society

47
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