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Anthropology 101
Pierce College Summer 2013
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 2
07/12/2013

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What is an example of Natural Selection?
Definition

During drought , large beak birds survived and the smaller birds died because they could not eat the food that the large  birds could eat.

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What is an example of Sexual Selection?
Definition

The Peacocks they have to have a lot of traits in order to mate.

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Definition of Microevolution
Definition

Small scale evolution;genetic changes within a population over time.(mutation, gene flow, sexual selection, and kin selection)

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Definition of Macroevolution
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Large scale; the evolution of new species and higher categories.Population Genetics


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About :Charles Darwin
Definition

-First wrote Natural Selection in 1842 he presented it in his book "On the Origing of Species" 

-He observed that we produced more than needed and their was variation in evolution

-He contrasted natural selection with artificial selection.

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Selective agent
Definition

Factors that bring about diffference in fertility and mortality; only factor determined or influence by genes is selectd for its natual selection taking place.

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Enviramental Factors that reduce genetic contribution;
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predators, disease, lacck of food, competition overs mates, lack of space affect those who dont have the charecteristics that allow them to cope with pressure.

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What is Artificial Selection
Definition

the deliberate breeding of domesticated plants and animals.

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What is Physical Environment
Definition
inanimate elements of the surrounding, lsunlight , atmospher, soil.
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What is Bilogical environment
Definition
trees, grass, birds and insects
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What is Cultural environment
Definition
products of human endeavor, tools shelters,clothing, toxic, wastes and social instutions.
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What is microenviorment?
Definition

enviromental factors immediately surorounding an organism. 

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What is ecological niche?

Definition
The specific microhabitat in which a particular population lives and the way that population exploits that microhabitat.  Chaz and I one leaves and one comes in same habitat.
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Peter and Rosemary Grant
Definition
Documented large beak birds survived and small beak birds died, therefore a new breed with larger beaks were created
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What is the environment?
Definition

Everything external, an organism, physical, biological, cultural.

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Darwin on Natural Selection and Artificial Selection
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He chose dogs to show that with natural selection is either you are able to produce or not; with artficial we can choose who to breed with like animals. 

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The three reasons populatins reproduce at different rates;
Definition

-Survival (if they die young , he wont produce as much or wont produce at all)

-success at mating (if they cant mate reproductive rate will be low or nonexistent)

-Fitness, individuals will produce varying numbers of offspring.(Highily fit , lots of offspring)

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What is Directional selection (Type of Natural Selection)
Definition
a shift in population by a generation, example choosing someone with larger body size, the smaller body is being selcted against.
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Stabilizing selection(Type of Natural Selection)
Definition

example , humans infants that are lighter or heavier than average do not survive as well as do those of average weight. 

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Disruptive selection(Type of Natural Selection)
Definition
Diverstiy increases, and sometimes the populatons actually fragments into two new populations.
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3 Types of Natural selection
Definition

- Directional selection

-stabilizing selection

-disruptive selection

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Two Types of Selection
Definition

Natural Selection

Sexual Selection

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Two Forms of sexual selection
Definition

-intersexual selection(traits that make males more attracctive to females)

-intrasexual selection (males compete with each other)those are the favorable

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what is evolutionary psychology
Definition

the study of the role of biology and natural selection on human behavior.

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Dave M. Buss

Definition

-led major cross cultural study on the subject of mate schose. (interviewd 9474 from 33 countries on 6 continents and fiveislans.) Varied by cultural. 

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what is altruism
Definition

 behavior characterized by self sacrifice that benefits others.

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Kin Selection
Definition

individuals genes are passed  down to next generation. 

Coefficient of Relatdness:

Parent and Child 0.5

Full Siblings 0.5

Grandparent and  granchild 0.25

uncle./aunt and nephew/niece 0.25

First cousings 0.125

non relatives 0.00

 

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What is inclusive fitness
Definition

individual own fitness plus his or her effect on the fitness of any relative.

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 demes, clinical distribution, subspecies

 

 

 

Definition
they all have to with reproduction
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geographical isolation
Definition
when some factor is present that prevents or hinders gene flow betwwen groups of demes. (cause evoulution)
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What is Speciation
Definition

when two species are no longer capable of succesful interbreeding , they are then two different species.

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allopratric species
Definition
occupy mutually exclusive geographically areas
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what is sympatric species

Definition

different species living in the same are but prevented from succesfully reproducing by a  reproductive isolating mechanism. 

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Premating mechanisms (mechanisms that separate closesly related species living side by side)
Definition

1.Ecological Isolation(they are seperated by slight difference in the are they occupy. 

2. Seasonal Isolation(mating is at different times)

3. sexual isolation(initiatin own of mating behavior does not act as a stimulus to the opposite sex of closely related species. 

4. Mechanical isolation (incompatibility in the structure of the male and female organs. 

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postmating mechaninsm,(mechaniss that seperate closely relates species living side by side. 
Definition

1.Gametic Mortality (sperm is immobilized and destroyed before fertilizating can take place. 

2.Zygotic mortality( fertilization occurs but development ceases soon after)

3. Hybrid inviability (gives rise to a hybrid that is fertile but nevertheless does not leave any offspring)

4. Hybrid Sterility (the hybrid of two species is sterile. 

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specialized species
Definition
a specie that lives in a relatively narrow ecological niche and can only live under narrow enviroment conditons
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generalized species
Definition
specie is able to survive in variet of enviromental condtions.
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two views on tempo of evolutionary change
Definition
phyletic gradualism (rate of evolutionary change is relatively slow and constant most of the time) and punctuated equilibrium (model of evolutions characterized by an uneven tempo of change)
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preadaption
Definition
the potential to adapt to a new niche(example dinousaurs and birds feathers)
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adaptive radiation
Definition
the evolution of a single populationn into a number of different species
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extinction
Definition
rare, humans have increased it through technology
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encyclopedia of life
Definition
launched in 2007 , emerge from Edward O. Wilsons idea , is encyclopedia of species.
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Linnaeus
Definition

archetypes were found on different levels. there were primates and humans , monkey dogs horsed in Mammalia.

He gave all living species a binominal name, or binomen and placed species in genera, genera in families, and so forth up the taxonimic hierarchy. 

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Genus
Definition
is an example of a taxon, which is agroup of organisms at any level of the taxonomic hierarchy
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Taxa
Definition
above the level of genus and is often refferres as higher taxa (or classification)
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Their are Five main higher taxa (classification)
Definition

-family(contains similar appearing genera)

-order(is a group of simillar appearing familiesand so forth)

-class

-phylum

-kingdom

-domaing

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Humans belong to;
Definition
homo sapies and the genus homo (part of the family hominidae)
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phylogeny
Definition
the evolutionary history of species
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Homologies or homologous features
Definition
similarities due to inheritance from a common ancestor
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Homoplastic
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refers to similiraties that are not homologous. homoplasy can arise from parallelism , covergence,analogy and chance.

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convergence
Definition
nonhologous similarities in different evolutionary lines.
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Parallelism
Definition
the common ancestry did provide initial commonalities that gave direction to a parallel evoulution in two lines.
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analogies
Definition
structures are superficially similar and serve common functions but have no common evolutionary relationship
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cladistics
Definition
theory of classification that differentiattes between share ancestral and shared derived features
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shaered ancestral (sumplesiomorphic)
Definition
shared derived features , a homology that did not appear as recently and is therefore shared by a larger group of species
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Uniquely derived (autapomorphic)feature
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a feature that is unique to a particular species
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Outgroup
Definition
species that are closely related used in a cladistic analysis to differentiate between shared derived and ancestra derived features
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cladogram
Definition
a graphic representation of the species or other taxa being studied, based on cladistic analysis.
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phenotype
Definition
genetics it is similar to populations but it is outside statistically
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biologists group all living organisms into three domains
Definition

cells without nuclei

the archae and eubacteria

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Eukaryota
Definition

organism that consist of a single cell or are composed of cells that have disctinc nuclei . divide into four kingdoms

-the kingdom Protista(single celled  organisms)

-multicellular organis belogn to the Kingdom fungi

-Kingdom planti (plants)

-Kingdom animalia (animals) * humans belong here

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phylum Chordata
Definition
humans belong to it., is characterized by the presence of a notochord, a dorsal, hollow, single nerve cored and gill slits at some point in the life cycle.
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Notochord
Definition

cartilaginous rod that runs along the back dorsal of all chordates at some of their life cycle

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dorsal
Definition
toward the top or back of an animal
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ventral
Definition
the front or bottom side of an animal
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vertebrates
Definition
members of the subphylum veterbrata, possess a bony spin or vertebral colums. l
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land vertebrates
Definition
were the amphibians but were tied to the water.
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amniote egg
Definition
an egg with a shell and several internal membrance which made reproduction on land possible
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contemporary reptiles (cold Blooded and mammals warm blooded
Definition
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behavioral thermoregulations
Definition

using behavior such as avoiding or seeking sources of heat to regulate body temperature

 

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homeothermic
Definition
ability to control body temperature and maintain a high body tempreature thourgh physiological means , mammals
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prototherian mammals
Definition
include the platypus and the echidna.
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maarsupiasl
Definition
puched mammals
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placental mammals
Definition
yourng remain in insice the mother nourished by the planceta until they reach an advance state of developmetn
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biologist place the order primates in superorde named euarchontoglires.  
Definition
Term

the individual is not the unit of evolution although a person does change over time

 

Definition
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2 types of evolution
Definition
Macro and Micro
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What does evolutionary revolve aroound
Definition
on how much offspring was created
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sexual reprductions
Definition
copulations , fertilazation, normal develplent of fetus and production of offspring capable of reproducing.
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reproductive isolating mechanisms
Definition
can prevent closely related populations from exchanging genes by preventing successful reproduction (choice of culture)
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rate of reproduction
Definition

organism ussually have the ability to create at rapid growth the number of rate of reproduction cant get so hight that cant be supported by food.

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species
Definition
largest natural populatioon whose members are able to reprduce succesfully among themselfves but not with members of other species
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gene pool
Definition

sum of all alleles carried by the members of a populations

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evolution
Definition
defined as a change in the gene pool of population
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genetic equilibrim
Definition
finds the principles that lets them stay the same
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hardy -weinberg equilibrium
Definition

the conditions a static situation would exis we can see, measure and analyze change

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In order for equilibrium to stay the same
Definition

1. no mutation

2. population must be large so change does not occur by chance

3. neighboring populations must not mix allelles

4. mating must take place random

5. mating must be equally fertile

6. Natural selecton must not occur

 

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new alleles by
Definition

1. mutation

2. point mutation, an error at particular point on the DNA molecule

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spontaneous mutation
Definition

response to the usual conditions within the body or environment it may be an induced mutations , not all can mutate, it has to do with chromosomes

 

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Mutagens
Definition
chemicals added food, compounded in medicines or poured into the atmospher or waters, cause mutaions. there is no way to know when it happens
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frequent mutation
Definition
trait to trait
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per gami, per generation
Definition
induced by xray mostly
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geneflow
Definition
movemnt of genes thru different populations
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consangumeous mating
Definition
mating between biological relatives
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assortive mating
Definition

preference for or avoicance of certain people as mates for physical or social reasons.

 

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cross cousins preferential marriage
Definition
marriage between a person and his or her cross cousin
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without variation natural sellection would have nothing to select
Definition
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