Exam 1

Question 1

What is Natural selection

Answer 1

The individuals have characteristics (variations) that allow them to survive in a particular environment and reproduce, passing these traits on to their progeny

Question 2

True measure of success

Answer 2

How many offspring are produced

Question 3

Anthropology is said to be “holistic” because it:

Answer 3

combines studies of biological and cultural phenomena

Question 4

What is the Definition of Anthropology

Answer 4

the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species.

Question 5

What are the goals of Anthropology?

Answer 5

to understand diversities and similarities among human societies, both past and present

Question 6

The four subdisciplines of anthropology are:

Answer 6

physical anthropology, archaeology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology

Question 7

Physical Anthropology

Answer 7

the branch of anthropology concerned with the study of human biological and physiological characteristics and their development.

Question 8

cultural anthropology

Answer 8

the branch of anthropology concerned with the study of human societies and cultures and their development.

Question 9

linguistic anthropology

Answer 9

Studies the nature of human languages in the context of those cultures that developed them

Question 10

Archeology

Answer 10

the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains

Question 11

What is the dominant sense in primates

Answer 11

Vision

Question 12

Definition of science

Answer 12

A methodical process of inquiry

Question 13

What is the difference between inductive and educative techniques

Answer 13

INDUCTION: general explanation
based on specific observations
DEDUCTION: reverse of inductive.`
Goes from the general back to the
specific by making predictions.

Question 14

What is a Primate?

Answer 14

mammals that usually have grasping hands, large brains and flat faces that set them apart from other mammals

Question 15

When/Where Primates originate

Answer 15

Originated around 65 million years ago
Hominid origin is highly debated

Question 16

New World monkeys

Answer 16

arboreal, many grasp objects with long
prehensile tails.

Question 17

Old World Monkeys

Answer 17

ground dwelling as
well as arboreal species. None have prehensile tails. Nostrils close
together, noses point downward.

Question 18

Dominance

Answer 18

refers to the relative social status or rank of a primate, which is determined y its ability to compete successfully with its peers for objectives of value such as food and sexual partners.

Question 19

Many primates congregate in social groups, or communities, known as:

Answer 19

Troop

Question 20

Sexual Dimorphism

Answer 20

Differences in size and morphology between males and females

Question 21

What type of males are bigger

Answer 21

Alpha males

Question 22

Who studies primates

Answer 22

Jane Goodall

Question 23

What types of bones do anthropologists look for

Answer 23

Physical anthropologists are interested in Looking at Leg bones to see if they can walk upright

Question 24

Why do Anthropologists look for in skulls

Answer 24

Cranial Capacity

Question 25

Arboreal

Answer 25

An animal that lives in a tree

Question 26

Arrestation

Answer 26

Arresting

Question 27

Popular perceptions and misperceptions of other cultures have often been based on _____.

Answer 27

Ethnocentrism

Question 28

Cultural essentialism

Answer 28

the practice of categorizing groups of people within a culture, or from other cultures, according to essential qualities.

Question 29

Difference between a fossil and an artifact

Answer 29

Fossils are the remains of living things (plants, animals, people), not of things that were made. Artifacts are the remains of things that were made, not the remains of living things.

Question 30

Gene flow

Answer 30

allelic change due to movement of individuals from one place to another.

Question 31

genetic drift

Answer 31

variation in the relative frequency of different genotypes in a small population, owing to the chance disappearance of particular genes as individuals die or do not reproduce.

Question 32

Prehensile

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(chiefly of an animal’s limb or tail) capable of grasping.

Question 33

Controversy that surrounds evolutionary theory

Answer 33

Scientific researchers do not often arrive at absolute truths, and many evidences that we see in the media and in text books listed as “facts”, are often based on assumptions. This results in hominid origins being highly debated, with no clear “missing lin” agreed on by scientists. Disagreement is common even within the field, and so called scientific proof is more a matter of what scientists feel is probably.