Modules 1 and 2

Question 1

What does the term anthroplogy mean?

Answer 1

Anthropology is the study of humankind in a cross cultural context

Question 2

What are the 4 subfields of anthropology?

Answer 2

1. Cultural Anthropology
2. Linguistic Anthroplogy
3. Archaelogy
4. Biological Archaeology

Question 3

Draw a quick doodle to help remember the 4 subfields of anthropology?

Answer 3

Do it!

Question 4

What is biological anthropology?

Answer 4

The study of humans as biological organisms, in a evoloutionary framework ( also called PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY)

Question 5

What are the 6 subfields of biological anthropology?

Answer 5

1. PaleoANThropology
2. Paleo PATHology & Bioarchaeology
3. Forensic Anthropology
4. Osteology and Skeletal Biology
5. Primatology
6. Human Biology

Question 6

Explain slide 25 from Module “What is bioanthroplogy?

Answer 6

Write out slide 25 from Module “What is bioanthroplogy?

Question 7

List 6 jobs anthropologist might work at?

Answer 7

Academic: University professors Medical school, Zoology, Paleontology
Non Academic: Forensic investigator, Museums, applied anthropometry ( automotive)

Question 8

What did Aristotle believe in?

Answer 8

Great chain of being, allcreatures were fixed/unchanging, earth was full and short existence

Question 9

What is the “Great Chain of Being” ?

Answer 9

Humans are at the top all other living things are below, lesser.

Question 10

John Ray suggested…

Answer 10

1. Presented the concept of plants and animal could be grouped into sets
2. He grouped similar species into genus….
   IMPORTANT….he really pushed the idea of a biological relationship between species

Question 11

Corl Linneaus suggested …

Answer 11

1. Binomial nomenclature ( naming things using 2 names, the first tells the genus and the second the specific epithet)
2. Taxonomy: the science of describing and classifying organisms
   IMPORTANT… he noted the different degrees of relatedness among animals

Question 12

Lamark suggested…

Answer 12

1. Species change over time
2. Behavour changes anatomy, use it or lose it type idea….if you use it lots or don’t use it it changes for example an elephant trunk stretches.

Question 13

Who were the grandfathers of evoloutionary theory?

Answer 13

Darwin and Wallace…

Question 14

Explain artifical selection?

Answer 14

Animals breeders choose a trait they liked and allowed only those animals to breed….the result was an increased frequency in a trait of the off spring….think of mini poodles…they were bred repeatedly to make tiny versions of the standard poodle!

Question 15

What conclusion did Darwin make from looking at artifical selection?

Answer 15

Traits are heritable

Question 16

Thomas Malthus suggested that….

Answer 16

the “Principle of Population” there is always potential for exponential growth! BUT poulations are roughly stable and growth is limited by resources and other factors

Question 17

What 2 things did Darwin conclude from Malthus’ “Principles of Population”

Answer 17

Darwin concluded, there is a struggle for existance and the more successful survive and leave more offspring

Question 18

Draw a diagram to explain evoloution by Natural selection (slide 27)

Answer 18

Observation #1: potential for exponential population growth
Observation #2: populations are roughly stable
Observation #3: limiting resources
Deduction: there is a struggle for existance…
Observation #4: there is lots of variation
Observation #5, traits are inherited
Deduction: there is differential survival & reproduction…or NATURAL SELECTION !!!!!
Second IMPORTANT deduction: Change happens over many generations