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BIOLOGICALANTHROPOLOGY Flashcards

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biological anthropology

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study of how humans evolved; explores human differences and similarities by investigating biological and cultural complexities

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oldest north american skeleton

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eve of naranon in the carribbean coast of mexico (13,600+ years ago)

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5 disciplines of anthropology

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cultural, linguistic, archaeology, biological, applied

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scope of biological anthropology

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primatology, paleoanthropology, molecular anthro, bioarchaeology, forensic anthro, human bio

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carolus liinnaeus

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early naturalist who created a classification system for living things based on appearance (species/genus)

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binomial nomenclature (by linnaeus)

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first letter of genus is capitalized, species designations are lower case

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georges-louis leclerc

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early naturalist who founded biogeography; regions with similar environments still have different species

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jean-baptiste lemarck

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early naturalist who discovered the inheritance of acquired characteristics/rare traits which help creatures adapt

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charles darwin

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early naturalist who collected specimens and observed living and fossilized creatures + darwinism

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alfred wallace

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early naturalist who described theory of natural selection + collaborated with darwin to write about this theory

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gregor mendel

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early naturalist who experimented with pea plants to crossbreed and test inheritance of physical traits (discovered genetics)

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3 postulates of darwinian evolution - struggle for existence

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ability to expand population is infinite

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3 postulates of darwinian evolution - variation in fitness

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ability to reproduce among organisms is varied

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3 postulates of darwinian evolution - inheritance of variation

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beneficial traits are inherited by offspring

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evolution is not an increase in fitness

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environments are changing; “red queen hypothesis”

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darwinian evolution and inheritance

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no explanation on how characteristics inherited

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variation in evolution

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physical variety which are passed through offspring

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adaptive change

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many more organisms are born than can survive; lack of resources to sustain life (natural selection)

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somatic cells

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most cells in the body

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gametes

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sex cells

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cytoplasm

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mix of membranes, molecules, and organelles

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nucleus

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contains hereditary materials (chromosomes)

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chromosomes

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paired structures in nucleus containing genes (DNA double helix)

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DNA

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stores genetic information that codes for proteins

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4 bases for DNA

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adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine (G&C/T&A)

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RNA

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dictates synthesis of proteins, regulates other genes, works with structures in ribosomes, manufactures proteins, transport amino acids to ribosomes

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messenger RNA (mRNA)

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RNA that is read by ribosomes to build protein

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protein

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linear sequence of amino acids

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transcription

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synthesis of RNA at unwound section of DNA

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codon

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genetic information encoded in sequence in 3 nucleotide codes (adenine, guanine, cytosine, urasil)

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translation RNA (tRNA)

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information adapter molecule; direct interface between amino acid sequence of protein information in mRNA

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gene

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chemical unit of heredity

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phenotype

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physical appearance of organism; may or may not represent genotype or genetic constitution

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genotype

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total complement of inherited traits/genes of an organism

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alleles

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one member of a pair of genes (variation in genetic structure)

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homozygous

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having 2 identical genes/alleles in a pair of chromosomes (YY/yy)

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heterozygous

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having different genes or alleles in a pair of chromosomes (Yy)

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dominant alleles

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alleles of gene pair that is always phenotypically expressed in heterozygous form (capital letter is dominant)

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recessive alleles

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alleles of gene pair that is always phenotypically expressed in homozygous form

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mutation

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error or change in genetic code (randomly occurring; can be neutral, harmful, beneficial)

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population genetics

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random changes in gene pool overtime (reduces within population genetic variation, likely to affect small populations, increases between population genetic variation

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gene flow

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movement of genes between population

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natural selection

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mechanism of evolution

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adoption

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process: change in an organism which allows it to reproduce/survive in a new environment
feature: characteristic that performs function of utility or organism possessing it

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antimicrobial resistance

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threatens effective prevention and treatment of diseases; harmful and a threat to public health

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macroevolution

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large scale changes that extend over geological areas; associated with research on the formation of new taxonomic groups

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cladistics

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system of biological taxonomy based on quantitative analysis of comparative data that reconstructs phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of groups of organisms

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steps for cladistics

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  1. chose taxa
  2. group taxa by synapomorphies (derived shared characteristics)
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cladogram

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branching diagram used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships

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ancestral/primitive traits

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shared with out group

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derived traits

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shared with in group

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crania

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used to understand hominid evolution

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palocene

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  • 65.6 - 55.8
  • hot&humid / continents are stuck together and underwater
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plesiadapiformes (palocene primate)

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primate like mammals (small/nocturnal quadrupeds/eats insects and seeds/good sense of smell
- not primates due to phonetics (no postorbital bar&claws/eyes on side of head/large incisors

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eocene

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  • 55.8 - 33.9
  • temp dropped / longest epoch / climate changed / geographically stable
  • primates had small brains (neither of these species are responsible for large brains in modern primates)
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adapidae (eocene primate)

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100 - 6900kg/diurnal&nocturnal/arboreal quadrupeds&leapers/ate fruit, insects, leaves/potentially evolved to lemurs

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omomyidae (eocene primate)

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45-2500g/diurnal&nocturnal/specialized leapers/teeth adapted to eat insects&fruit/ potentially led to tarsiers

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oligocene

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  • 33.9 - 23.0
  • geography changed/decrease in temp then increase
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haplorhine (oligocene primate)

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fused frontal bones/postorbital closure/fused mandibular symphasis
3 taxonomic groups: parapithecidae, propliopithecidae, platyrrhini

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south american primates

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appear during late oligocene; may have “rafted” over from africa

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miocene

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  • 23.0 - 5.3
  • 3 eras (late, middle, early)
  • similar to current earth/declining temp/loss of forests
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early miocene

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  • 23.0 - 16.0
  • monkeys and apes confined to africa
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middle miocene

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  • 16.0 - 11.6
  • ape like catarrhines widespread in europe and asia
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late miocene

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  • 11.6 - 5.3
  • apes are rare due to global cooling and loss of forests
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miocene hominids

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  • love africa because of warm temps
  • some adapted to europe and asia, but some eventually returned to africa
  • african apes = chimps/gorillas
    = europe/asia apes = hominids
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pliocene

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  • 5.3 - 1.8
  • land moving/tectonic plates and volcanoes forming/temp fluctuation
  • phylogenetic relationships are unresolved
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fossil cercopithecidae

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old world monkey

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fossil colobinae

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leaf eating monkey

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transitional forms

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  • modifications of postcranial skeleton for bipedal locomotion
  • shape/size of canines from sharp to duller
  • expansion of brain
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hominin

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modern humans, chimps, and other species closely related to one another

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morphological trends

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  • mosaic evolution (evolutionary changes in stages)
  • bipedalism, increased brain size
  • intelligence (bigger does not mean smarter)
  • relative vs absolute
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foramen magnum (quadrapedalism v bipedalism)

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difference in position

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pelvis (quadrapedalism v bipedalism)

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different widths and position; affects motion

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knees (quadrapedalism v bipedalism)

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curved bones v tight into body

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hallux (quadrapedalism v bipedalism)

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toe shapes&foot shape

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hands (quadrapedalism v bipedalism)

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knuckle position (quadpedals have hands on the ground)

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ribcage (quadrapedalism v bipedalism)

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humans have barrel shaped ribs

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brain size (hominin)

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size increased 1.8m years ago/cannot grow further due to unavoidable birth complications (will not fit through birth canal)

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hominin fossils

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  • early fossils in africa (teeth and fragments of upper/lower bones in ethiopia)
  • ardipithecus ramidus and ardepithecis kadabba
  • ape like traits (thin enamel)
    hominin like traits (bipedalism)
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australopithecus afarensis

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  • ethiopia and tanzania (4.2-3.0 million years ago)
  • complex morphology and transitional forms
  • single sexually dimorphic species or two species
  • laetoli footprints: demonstrate bipedalism
  • evidence: found the intact remains of a 3yo from 3.2 million years ago
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australopithecus sediba

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  • malapa, south africe (1.98 million years ago)
  • juvenile male (MH1) and afult female (MH2) remains found
  • human like brain shape and size/tree climbing hands
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homo habilis

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  • tanzania, kenya, ethiopia (2.3-1.6MYA)
  • brain size and association with stone tools
    earliest representative og human genus
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homo rudolfensis

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  • koobi fora, kenya
  • originally considered to be homo habilis
  • very controversial
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homo erectus

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  • asia and southeast asia
  • brain and body size changed
  • controlled use of fire and hunting
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homo ergaster

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  • east and south africa
  • evolved and stayed in africa
  • thinner skull bones and enlarged superorbital foramen
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homo heidelbergensis

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  • europe and africa (700-130 thousand years ago)
  • small dentition, larger body and brain
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homo antecessor

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  • spain (1.2MYA - 800 thousand)
  • controversial (juvenile jaw/teeth)
    1st european hominin
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homo neanderthalensis

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  • europe and middle east
  • bones have muscular attachments; athletic and strong
  • used fire, stone tools, and hunted
  • genetics of neanderthals (present in some humans)
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homo naledi

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  • south africa (335-236 thousand years ago)
  • small bodied with primitive features
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homo floresiensis

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  • flores island, indonesia (95-13 thousand years ago)
  • small brain with primitive and derived features
  • a little over 1m tall; unique species
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homo sapien

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  • africa (300 thousand years ago)
  • controlled use of fire, hunting, and gathering
  • cultural remains include complex stone tools
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human origins

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  • replacement hypothesis (one wave of human dispersal from africa to the world; originally from african H. sapiens)
  • multiregional hypothothesis (no wave of H. sapien replacement, H. erectus is most recent ancestor of modern humans)
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denisova hominin

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  • denisova cave in russia
  • finger bone and tooth found
  • dna from bones = humans, neandertals, and denisova share ancestors (denisove and neandertals are sister groups)
  • likely interbred with humans on southeast asia (at least 4x)
  • found 13yo specimen with neandertal mother and denisovan father
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do humans have race?

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  • biologically, No: despite diff skin color, there is only 1 specie of homo sapien
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sexual variation: gender, sexual identity, biology

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  • XY (male) / XX (female) / trisonomy / pentasomy
  • unisexual species
  • oscalans: born as male then become female as reproduction age starts
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medical anthropology

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study of sickness and health in relation to culture, language, society

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infectuous diseases

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  • co-evolution of humans/pathogens
  • death rates between 1st world and 3rd world countries
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antibiotics

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  • drug used for the prevention/treatment of sickness
  • revolutionized medicine
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antimicrobial resistance

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  • threatens prevention and treatment of infections
  • overuse of antibiotics = bodies become used to it
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vaccinations

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  • stimulate immune system to adapt to new pathogens and build resistance
  • widespread/herd immunity: eradicates diseases
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chronic disease

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  • non-reversible pathology
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malnutrition and obesity

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  • lack of nutrients = underdevelopment
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forensic anthropology

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study that uses skeletal biology, osteology, and anatomy to identify age, sex, stature, and trauma

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