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ANTHRO EXAM 2
anthropology
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 2
10/29/2011

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MicroEvolution
Definition
Evolution in a short time frame, genetic change from within a species.
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MacroEvolution
Definition
Long time frame, Origin and extinction of species.
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Evolution
Definition
Change over time.
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Gene
Definition
Small pieces of dna that codes protein.
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allele
Definition
variations of genes
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Population
Definition
Unit of evolutionary change.
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FITNESS
Definition
THE LIKELINESS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WILL SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE, SOME MORE THAN OTHERS.
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ALFRED RUSSELL WALLACE
Definition
ENGLISH NATURALIST, INDEPENDENTLY CAME UP WITH NATURAL SELECTION.
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NATURAL SELECTION
Definition
DEVELOPED BY WALLACE AND DARWIN SEPARATELY(NO IDEA OF A CHANGE).
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GREGOR MENDEL
Definition
AUSTRIAN MONK,WORKED OUT THE BASICS OF GENES AND INHERITANCE. USED PEA PLANTS. NO BLENDING INHERITANCE.
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MENDEL DIDNT KNOW ABOUT
Definition
DNA
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MUTATION
Definition
RANDOM PROCESS BY WHICH CHANCE CHANGES GENETIC MATERIAL.
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MUTAGEN
Definition
RADIATION, CHEMICALS, VIRUSES.
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EVOLUTION REQUIRES
Definition
THAT GENES BE PASSED, AND MUTATION IN SEX CELLS.
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MUTATION FACTS
Definition
HAPPEN IN INDIVIDUALS NOT POPULATIONS, NATURAL SELECTION ALSO HAPPENS TO INDIVIDUALS ONLY NOT POPULATIONS.
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CLADE
Definition
GROUP THAT INCLUDES ALL ORGANISMS THAT SHARE A SINGLE COMMON ANCESTOR
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CLADISTICS
Definition
GROUPING BASED ON DERIVED TRAITS.
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PHENETICS
Definition
GROUPING BASED ON OVERALL SIMILARITY
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HOMOPLASY
Definition
acquisition of the same biological trait in unrelated lineages
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Convergent Evolution
Definition
similar arrival through independent evolution.
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MAXIMUM PARSIMONY RULE
Definition
THE IDEA THAT THE SIMPLEST ANSWER IS THE MOST LIKELY
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OUTGROUP
Definition
AN ORGANISM THAT COULD REPRESENT THE ANCESTRAL CONDITION FOR COMPARISON
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GENE FLOW
Definition
CHANGE IN GENE FREQUENCIES WITHIN A POPULATION DUE TO MIGRATION FROM INTERBREEDING WITH INDIVIDUALS FROM ANOTHER GROUP.
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GENETIC DRIFT
Definition
ACCUMULATED EFFECT OF RANDOM CHANGES IN GENE FREQUENCIES WITHIN A POPULATION.
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BIOLOGICAL SPECIES
Definition
IS A GROUP OF ORGANISMS THAT ARE ACTUALLY POTENTIALLY INTERBREEDING AND REPRODUCTIVELY ISOLATED.
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REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION
Definition
PREVENTION OF GENE FLOW BETWEEN POPULATIONS BY GENETICALLY DETERMINED DIFFERENCES.
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ecological species concept
Definition
way of defining different species. concept says that because to species occupy the same niche they are the same species.
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ALLOTROPIC SPECIATION
Definition
OCCURS WHENN POPULATION IS DIVIDED BY A PHYSICAL BARRIER, WALL RIVER, MOUNTAIN.
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paratropic speciation
Definition
physically adjacent, but adapt to different environmental requirements.
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sympatric speciation
Definition
individual of a single population in one habitat gradually diverse over time (rare).
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Caldogenesis
Definition
Speciation by splitting of lineages.
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anagenesis
Definition
gradual transformation of one species into another
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ADAPTION
Definition
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TRAIT THAT INCREASES AN ORGANISMS FITNESS. CAUSED BY NATURAL SELECTION.
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exaptation
Definition
adaption evolved for one function.
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taxonomy
Definition
scientific classification
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phylogeny
Definition
a model of measured evolutionary relationships based on shared characteristics.
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analogous
Definition
similar features resulting from convergent evolution.
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retrotransposon
Definition
random sequences of dna that copy itself at random times and reinsert itself.
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cladistic methodology
Definition
employs the idea of parsimony. uses only symapomorphy.
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PURGATORIUS
Definition
MOST PRIMITIVE PLESIADAPIFORM
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PALAEMTON
Definition
3 PREMOLARS, infraorbital canal.
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EOCENE EPOCH
Definition
55.8m-33.9
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ADAPOIDS
Definition
LARGE DIURNAL FOLIVORES
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AMOMOIDS
Definition
small nocturnal insectivores EOCENE N.america. Canine Dimorphism.
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EOSIMIAS
Definition
45mya shanguang insectivory.
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RELATIVE DATING
Definition
NOT ABSOLUTE, SEDIMENTS AROUND IT DATED
STRATIGRAPHY
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ABSOLUTE DATING
Definition
PROVIDE THE ABSOLUTE DATE, BUT NEED SPECIFIC MATERIALS
RADIOCARBON DATING
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HALF LIFE
Definition
THE TIME IT TAKES FOR THE 1/2 LIFE OF PRESENT ISOTOPES TO DECAY.
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PALEOMAGNETIC DATING
Definition
ABSOLUTE, USE MAGNETIC POLE INFO.
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PALEOCENE
Definition
CONSIDERED PLEISIADAPIFORMS. primate origins.
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OMOAYIDS
Definition
SIMILAIR TO HAPLORRHINES
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MIOCENE
Definition

23-5mya

HOMINODS AND CIRCOPITHECOIDS DIVERGE.

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EARLY MIOCENE
Definition
HOMONIODS DIVERSE. MONKEYS LESS DIVERSE.
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LATE MIOCENE
Definition
MONKEYS DIVERSE.
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MOSAIC EVOLUTION
Definition
TRAITS EVOLVED AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND RATES.
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proteopithcus
Definition
35-34 MYA small anthropoid
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catopithecus
Definition
35-34 mya earliest catarrhine
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Aegypoitchicus
Definition
egypt frugivorous 33MYA
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