Ch.1 What Is Anthropology

Question 1

What is anthropology?

Answer 1

Is the study of people, past, and present with a focus on understanding the human condition both culturally and biologically.

Question 2

What are the four branches of anthropology?

Answer 2

Cultural anthropology, archaeology, linguistic anthropology, and biological anthropology.

Question 3

Anthropologists are interested in the inter-relationship between biology and culture. What is the name of this approach?

Answer 3

Bio-cultural approach

Question 4

Also called physical anthropology ____ _____is the study of human evolution and variation both past and current

Answer 4

Biological anthropology

Question 5

What is biological anthropology?

Answer 5

The study of human biological evolution and human bio-culture variation.

Question 6

The earliest human ancestors, first appearing in Africa, date to sometime around 6-8 million years ago. These humanlike ancestors are called what?

Answer 6

Hominins

Question 7

The human ______ contains all the genetic material chromosomal and mitochondrial DNA, which includes some 20,000 or so genes.

Answer 7

Genomes

Question 8

Some biological anthropologist study living people, while others study extinct and living species of our nearest biological relatives known as _______?

Answer 8

Primates

Question 9

This branch of biological anthropology pertains to the recovery, analysis, and identification of human remains.

Answer 9

Forensic anthropology

Question 10

The most profound physical difference between humans and other animals namely, the manner in which we get around; that is walking on 2 feet. Aka?

Answer 10

Bipedalism

Question 11

Unlike the teeth of apes, which are honing canine teeth used to shred their food mostly plants. Human teeth are used to process various foods in unique ways.

Answer 11

Nonhoning canine

Question 12

_______ is a complex human characteristics that facilitates our survival by enabling us to adapt to different settings.

Answer 12

Culture

Question 13

What are the six pack events of human evolution?

Answer 13

Bipedalism, nonhoning canine teeth, speech, hunting, material culture, domesticated foods.

Question 14

The study of language, especially how language is structured, the evolution of language, and the social and culture contexts of language?

Answer 14

Linguistic anthropology

Question 15

The study of past societies and their cultures, especially the material remains of the past, such as tools, food remains, and places where people live?

Answer 15

Archeology

Question 16

The study of cultures and societies of human beings and their very recent past?

Answer 16

Cultural anthropology