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Topic 1 exam 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Evolution

A

A change in a gene or a trait in a population over multiple generations

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2
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*Biological Anthropology

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The study of humans as biological organisms

Considered in an evolutionary framework

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3
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Hominin

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Able to walk on two legs and has a larger brain

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4
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Adaption

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A trait that increases the the reproductive success of an organism, produced by natural selection in a certain environment

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5
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*Anthropology

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Study of humankind in all of its forms
Has four subfields
( the study of humans)

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6
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Primate

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A mammal

Has distinguishable hands, forward facing eyes

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7
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Culture

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Total learned traditions, values, and beliefs that groups of people possess

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8
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Biocultural anthropology ( physical anthropology)

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The study of the integration between culture and biology

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*Cultural anthropology

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Focuses on how people lead their daily lives

cultures and comparison

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10
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Ethnology

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Study of society’s

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11
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Ethnography

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Study of people and culture from their point of view

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12
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*Archeology

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Societies that no longer exist

Looks at artifacts
Material culture (objects things used)
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*Linguistic anthropology

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Study of speech and language relationship

History of language
Social context( how language used in diff societies)
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14
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*Paleoanthropology

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Human fossils

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15
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*Bioarcheology

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Human remains

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16
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*Paleopathology

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Diseases

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17
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*Osteology

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Study of the skeleton

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18
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*Forensic anthropology

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Means of which the individual died

19
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*Primatology

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Study of non human primates as a means of learning more about humans

20
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*Human behavior ecology

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Examines traits and behavior of humans

21
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*Molecular anthropology

A

Genetic diseases

22
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*What are the subfields of anthropology

A

Cultural
Linguistic
Archaeology
Biological

CLAB

23
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*Subfields of biological anthropology

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Human biology
Osteology
Primatology
Paleoanthropogy
Paleopathology
Forensic anthropology

HOPPPF

24
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*What is the scientific method?

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Question, Hypothesis, Collect Data, Analyze Data, Draw Conclusions

25
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*What does the scientific study need to be?

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Testable, have Evidence, Self correcting

26
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*Testable

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if can’t answer using data then its not science

27
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*Evidence

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Constantly reevaluate evidence and self correct it

28
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*Prior Assumptions before Darwinian Revolution

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Age of Earth, Creationism, Great Chain of Being, Fixity of Species

29
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How old did they say the earth was before darwinian rev

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6,000 yrs

30
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What is creationism?

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All living beings are created by a higher being “God”

31
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Great chain of being

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hierarchy from simple to more complex

32
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Fixity of species

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species does not change over time

33
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*Post Darwinian Revolution ideas

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Millions of years, Separation of science & religion, Humans just another life form, Evolution & natural selection

34
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*Carolus Linnaeus

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Taxonomy= classify things

Binomial nomenclature= Genis and Species

35
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*Comte de Buffon

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Environmental & Change= relationship between environment and change, take one species and split it up and may change

36
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*Georges Cuvier

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Rivalry with Lamark, father of Zoology, fixity of species=instead of a evolution their was a CATASTROPHE

37
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*Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

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Laws of use and disuse, inheritance of acquired traits

38
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*Thomas Malthus

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Population growth + stable food supply = struggle for existence (bc resources limited)

39
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*Charles Lyell

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“deep time” = millions of years old

40
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*Charles Darwin

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Voyage on The Beagle while collecting specimens, Galapagos island, Variations showed progression

41
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*Afred Russel Wallace

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English naturalist, Natural selection, variation

42
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*What did Darwin not understand?

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Sources of new variation, How inheritance worked

43
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*Natural selection

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Adaption to environment, “fitness” ability to survive and reproduce

44
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Natural selection can’t happen without

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Variation(no variation then random who survives, Heritability, environmental change

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