Quiz 1 Flashcards

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What is anthropology

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Study of human beings and their relatives everywhere throughout time

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relatives of humans

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Apes,Gorilas,monkeys,chimps

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what is the human experience

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think , feel , change to your environment

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how are we connected to our environment

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thourgh food,resources,culture , sports and activities

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anthropology direct focuses

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interconnectedness and interdependence
of all aspects of human experiences

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Holistic approach

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human culture and bio must be viewed from the broadest possible to fully understand everything
must have all the facts and all the views

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Physical anthropology

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concerned with the origin,evolution and diversity of people

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molecular anthropology

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study of genes and genetic relationships

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Paleo anthropology

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study of the origin and predecessors of the present human species and the study of human evolution bio cultural approach

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10
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primatology

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study of living and fossil primates
characterizes thumbs strong bison felxible arms and joints

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human variation and adaptation

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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

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Forensic

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the identification of human skeletal remains for classification and for legal purpose

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cultural anthropology

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Study of cultural anthropology and variation among humans and in all aspects that use data to find art facts and languages ideas, values behaviours

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Archaeology

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Study of human culture materials remains by recovering them and using environmental data

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ethnology

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analyzing cultures, especially in regards to their historical development and similarly between them

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Linguistics

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The city of human language, looking at how they were started history and relevant to them

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Gene flow

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introduction of new alleles from nearby groups. migration leads to gene flow

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Genetic drift

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random events that fluctuations the traits in a gene pool of a population

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mutations

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random new variations of a trait is created and this is positive

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Natural selection

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not random selection, there is a selection by forces of nature and the ones that are well adapted survive

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5 senses

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smell,taste,touch,hearing ,site eyes most important

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characteristics of a primate

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thumbs, vision , brain size

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Locomotion

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All primates walk on 4s expect humans they can grasp things

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opposability

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able to touch finger tips to thumb

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primates activity

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body temp is regulated
respiratory system strong able to eat and move
flexible arms and shoulder and hips
variety variety movement possible

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Reproduction

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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

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primates brain

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ability to store acquire, remember, retrieving process information large brain equals variety of behaviours

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social structure

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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