Midterm Class Flashcards
Archeology
Study of past societies
Linguistics
Speech
Physical anthropology
Study of human evolution and variation
Cultural anthropology
Looking at ways that humans have adapted
Biological anthropology
Study of human biological evolution and biolcultural variation
Biolcultural approach
Relationship between biology and culture
Franz boas (1858-1942)
Studied Inuits wanted to see their environment
Saw that the environment affected their bodies
Charles Darwin
1809-1882
Theory of evolution
Natural selection
Paleontology
Study of fossils
Taxonomy
Study of classification
Demography
Study of pop
Evolutionary biology
Study of org and their changes
James Hutton (
(1726- 1797)
Uniformitarianism
Scottish geo
Geological strata
Charles Lyell
(1795-1875)
Evidence of the antiquity of earth
Strata uniform
Geo
Robert Hooke
(1635-1703)
Determined that fossil wood was once alive
George’s curvier
(1769-1832)
Identified that diff fossils can be found in diff geo strata
Carlous Linnaeus (1707-1778) N
Naming system for all living organisms
Thomas Malthus
(1766- 1834)
English political economist
Pop limited by food supply
Jean baptiste Lamarck
(1744- 1829)
Proposed that an organism can pass on features that were required during its lifetime
Alfred Russell Wallace
(1823-1913)
Independently arrived at some conclusions as Darwin
Gregor Mendel
(1822-1884) Mendelion inheritance Discrete units genes Diff versions:alleles Dominant and recessive
Thomas hunt morgan
(1866-1945)
Demonstrated that chromosomes carry genetic material in the form of genes
1856
Fossil hominid recovered in neander valley in Germany
Piltdown hoax (1912)
People were interested in their parts of the world
Found cranium but was a fake
Homology
Evolved from same ancestor
Analogy
Structurally diff used for same reason
Mammalian features
Hair Mammary glands Middle ear One lower jaw bone Diphyodonty
Hair
When did we lose it? Dolphin doesn’t have it
Mammary glands
Produce milk
3 middle ear ossicles
Malleus, incus, stapes
Transfer vibrations to inner ear
One lower jaw bone
Mandible
Needed for mammals
Diphyodonty
Baby teeth and permanent set
Medial
Towards mid line
Lateral
Towards outside
Proximal
Higher up
Distal
Lower down
Dentition
Incisors, canine, pre molars, molars
Prosimians
Naplorhines
Characteristics of prosimians
Reliance on smell Big eyes More primitive Eyes more lateral Most found in Africa, SE Asia
Lemurs
Madagascar
Diurnal and nocturnal
Mainly arboreal
What is the size range for lemurs?
From 10cm to 60cm
What is the life span of lemurs?
19 years
DF for lemurs
2133
Lorises
Found in India, Sri Lanka, SE Asia, and Africa
Nocturnal
Arboreal
Quadrupedalism
Life span of lorises
14 years
DF of lorises
2133
Order primates suborder strepsirhini
Wet nose
Order primates
Suborder haplorhini
Dry nose
Tarsiers
Found in SE Asia
Nocturnal insectivores
DF of tarsiers
2133/1133
Tree shrew
DF: 2133/3133
Where are prosimians, old world monkeys, and apes found?
SE Asia, Asia, and Africa and SE Asia