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Chp 1️⃣, 3-18, What Is Bio. Anth? Flashcards

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What is Biological Anthropology?

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The study of human biological evolution and human biocultural variation

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What is Anthropology?

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The study of human kind viewed from the perspective of all people from all times

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What is Cultural anthropology?

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Typically study present day societies in non-western settings. Emphasis on culture as a theme

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What is linguistic anthropology ?

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Study the construction and use of language by human societies

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What is Social linguistic anthropology ?

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Science of investigating languages social context

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What is the biocultural approach?

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The scientific study of the interrelationship between what human have inherited genetically and culturally

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What is a Hominin?

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Human like ancestors

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What is a Genome ?

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Complete set of genetic information. Includes chromosomal and mitochondrial DNA

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What is environment is an anthropological context ?

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social, cultural, climate, etc

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What is a primate ?

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Mammals in the order of primates. Complex behavior, varied forms of locomotion, large brained, forward facing eyes, etc.

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What is the consequence of European contact on the Native American population in the region of St Catherine’s, Georgia ?

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Genetic, biological, non-evolutionary changes. Alterations in health and lifestyle.

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What was the region of St Catherine’s like before European arrival ?

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B4 A.D 1,000 this region of people were Hunter gatherers. Their descendants became farmers= major shift in lifestyle lead to smaller skulls, dental diseases, etc.

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What happened after the Spaniards arrival ?

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Extinction of Native American population in St Catherine’s, Georgia

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Who is Franz Boas?

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The pioneer of modern anthropology

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Who is Aleš Hrdlička?

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The creator of professional scientific journal

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Who is Earnest Hooton?

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Trained most of the 1st generation of biological anthropologists

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What is Bipedalism?

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The ability to on 2 legs. First step to humanness, 8.6 million years ago

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What’re Nonhoning Canine’s ?

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The ability to make tools led to the loss of honing canine used to shred food. 2 step of humanness, 5.5 million years ago

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What is Material Culture ?

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Tools/objects used to survive in environment. 3rd step to humanness, 3.3 million years ago

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What is Hunting?

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Organized group, specifically men, pursue animals for food. 4th step of humanness, 1.0 million years ago

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What is Speech in the anthropological context ?

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A humans only communication. 5th step of humanness, less than 2.5 million years ago

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What is Domestication ?

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Raising animals and plants. Final step in humanness, 11,000 years ago.

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What is Intelligence in the anthropological context?

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Bigger brains, able to go more complex,collaborative and flexible tasks.

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What is Social learning ?

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Accumulate knowledge over time and pass it on through generations

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What is Science in the anthropological context?

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A process that provides new discoveries that connect our lives with the world we live in

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What is Empirical research ?

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Research based on direct or indirect observation

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What is Anatomical research?

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Research based on dissections

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What is Arboreal ?

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Animals or hominids that once lived in trees

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What is Terrestrial ?

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Life forms/humans who lived on land

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What is Morphology ?

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Physical shape and appearance

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What do Bio. Anth study?

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All aspect of human bio, evolution, past and living relatives. With a context of culture and behavior

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What is Scientific law?

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Statement of fact describing a phenomena

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What is a theory ?

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An explanation to why a natural phenomenon occurs

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What’re the methods of bio. anth?

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Quantitative research:
➡️systematic empirical research of observable phenomena using statistics, mathematics,etc

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What’re methods of cultural Anth.?

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Qualitative research➡️unstructured tech. Designed to descriptively observe trends in behavior of thought

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What is Epistemology?

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Study of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion

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What is Evolution?

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Significant change over time

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Who is Carlous Linneus ?

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Swedish naturalist who created the Bionomial Nomenclature system

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Who is Chevalier de Lamarck

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French naturalist➡️ developed the outdated theory of Acquired Inheritance➡️ how traits are passed down from parent to offspring

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Who is Georges Cuvier?

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Pioneer of Paleontology & comparative anatomy

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What is Catastrophosim?

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