Ch 1 Encountering the past

Question 1

what does a Paleoanthropologist study?

Answer 1

Paleoanthropologists and archaeologists study the actual physical remains of human beings and those of our evolutionary ancestors

They examine the material remains of the behaviours of our ancient ancestors:

the things were made and used, and then lost or discarded.

Question 2

what does an Anthropologist study

Answer 2

Anthropologists concentrate on humanity,

Question 3

paleoanthropologists and archaeologists focus on what?

Answer 3

paleoanthropologists and archaeologists focus on

• the evolutionary history of humanity
• both biological evolution and cultural evolution of our species

Question 4

what is an Artefact?

Answer 4

Any object manufactured by a human being or human ancestor.

Usually defined as a portable object like a stone spear point or clay pot

Question 5

what is an Ecofact?

Answer 5

Element found in archaeological contexts that exhibits human activity,

but was not made by people and so is not, strictly speaking, an artefact.

exhibit traces of human use or activity,

such as the bones of butchered animals.

Question 6

Taphonomy refers to ;-

Answer 6

How materials become part of the paleontological or archaeological record.

Question 7

A Feature is a

Answer 7

Combination of artefacts and/or ecofacts at a site,

reflecting a location where some human activity took place.

Question 8

what is Palaeoanthropology?

Answer 8

Paleo-anthropology is the study of human evolution

through fossil and archaeological records

Question 9

What is Archaeology?

Answer 9

The study of humanity through the analysis of the material remains of human behaviour:

the study of the things that people made and used in the past and that have been fortuitously preserved.

Question 10

What is Anthropology?

Answer 10

The study of humanity.

A social science with a focus on
 human biological and cultural adaptations,
 human origins, biological and cultural 
 evolution
and modern cultures

Question 11

Palaeoanthropology and archaeology are subfields of what discipine?

Answer 11

Anthropology

Question 12

What does an ethnographer study?

Answer 12

They study humans by residing in particular societies and observing first hand the behaviours of the people living in them

Question 13

What is Ethnology?

Answer 13

The comparative study of culture.
The study of human behaviour cross culturally,

looking for similarities and differences in how people behave.

Question 14

What does a creationist believe?

Answer 14

one who believes that the universe,

the earth, life and humanity are the product of the creation of an all-powerful god.