Quiz 1 Flashcards
What is anthropology
Study of human beings and their relatives everywhere throughout time
relatives of humans
Apes,Gorilas,monkeys,chimps
what is the human experience
think , feel , change to your environment
how are we connected to our environment
thourgh food,resources,culture , sports and activities
anthropology direct focuses
interconnectedness and interdependence
of all aspects of human experiences
Holistic approach
human culture and bio must be viewed from the broadest possible to fully understand everything
must have all the facts and all the views
Physical anthropology
concerned with the origin,evolution and diversity of people
molecular anthropology
study of genes and genetic relationships
Paleo anthropology
study of the origin and predecessors of the present human species and the study of human evolution bio cultural approach
primatology
study of living and fossil primates
characterizes thumbs strong bison felxible arms and joints
human variation and adaptation
focuses on the capacity of human to adapt or adjust to there environment
adaptations: change to be suited better to environment sweating skin tone
variations: height, skin colour, body build, blood type
Forensic
the identification of human skeletal remains for classification and for legal purpose
cultural anthropology
Study of cultural anthropology and variation among humans and in all aspects that use data to find art facts and languages ideas, values behaviours
Archaeology
Study of human culture materials remains by recovering them and using environmental data
ethnology
analyzing cultures, especially in regards to their historical development and similarly between them
Linguistics
The city of human language, looking at how they were started history and relevant to them
Gene flow
introduction of new alleles from nearby groups. migration leads to gene flow
Genetic drift
random events that fluctuations the traits in a gene pool of a population
mutations
random new variations of a trait is created and this is positive
Natural selection
not random selection, there is a selection by forces of nature and the ones that are well adapted survive
5 senses
smell,taste,touch,hearing ,site eyes most important
characteristics of a primate
thumbs, vision , brain size
Locomotion
All primates walk on 4s expect humans they can grasp things
opposability
able to touch finger tips to thumb
primates activity
body temp is regulated
respiratory system strong able to eat and move
flexible arms and shoulder and hips
variety variety movement possible
Reproduction
nearly all primates only have single baby at a time
they spend longer with babies to aid them in survival
primates have longest period of post natal dependence
primates brain
ability to store acquire, remember, retrieving process information large brain equals variety of behaviours
social structure
primates have different social structures all primates, though see females with babies as important people very close spawn between infinite mother presence of groups is more important