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EvAnth Midterm 1
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 2
10/05/2010

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anthropology
Definition
study of human kind
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archaeology
Definition
study of early cultures and lifestyles to answer questions about human behavior, uses artifacts and material culture left behind
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linguistic anthropology
Definition
study of the origin of language and human speech and how it relates to culture
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physical anthropology
Definition
study of human body in frame work of evolution
old-osteometry, anthropometry, racial taxonomy
new-functional anatomy, field work, population genetics
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endomorph
Definition
pear shaped body type
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mesomorph
Definition
wedge shaped body
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ectomorph
Definition
thin, narrow torso
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scientific method
Definition
observation, hypothesis, test, theory
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evolution
Definition
change in gene frequency in a population over time
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Linnaeus
Definition
taxonomy
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Lamarck
Definition
first explanation for evolution
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Darwin
Definition
variability and natural selection, importance of sexual reproduction
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Wallace
Definition
independently developed idea of natural selection and variability
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major forces of evolution
Definition
mutation, gene flow, genetic drift, natural selection, founder's effect
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mammalian characteristics
Definition
homeiotherm, heterodontism, reproductive economy, inquisitive behavior
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characteristics of primates
Definition
pentadactyly, nails, bony eye sockets, mobile digits, shortened nose, smell less important, vision more important, elaboration of brain, better gestation/longer infant dependency
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arboreal hypothesis
Definition
primate characteristics are a consequence of primate diversification in trees
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viual predation hypothesis
Definition
primates first adapted to shrubs by killing and eating small insects through stealth
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primate divisions
Definition
prosimians, anthropoids (platyrrhine- new world nostrils to the side, catarrhine- old world nostrils face front)
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prosimian characteristics
Definition
lemurs, lorises, galagoes
small body size, olfaction/wet nose, resemble primate ancestor, tethered upper lip
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anthropoid characteristics
Definition
monkeys, apes, humans
larger body, dry nose, color vision, mobile upper lip, fused mandible, longer gestation period
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prosimian pattern
Definition
nocturnal, tooth comb, grooming claw, dental formula = 2133
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new world monkey pattern
Definition
ceboids or playarrhines
prehensile tail, arboreal, male care for young, 2133
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old world monkey pattern
Definition
catahrrines,
no prehensile tail, diurnal, 2123
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Lemur catta
Definition
ring tailed lemur, Madagascar, terrestrial and arobrreal, quadrupedal, plants only, females dominate
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alouatta palliata
Definition
mantled howling monkey, central and south america, arboreal, quadrupedal, plant material, linear dominance heritage
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Erythrocebus patas
Definition
patas monkey, sub-saharan africa, terrestrial, quadrupedal, folivore, one male harem
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cercopithecus aethiops
Definition
vervet monkey, subsaharan africa, terrestrial and arboreal, quadrupedal, omnivore, multimale and multi female
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Papio cynocephalus
Definition
common baboon, subsaharan africa, terrestrial and arboreal, quadrupedal, omnivore, multi male and multi female
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papio hamadryas
Definition
hamadryas baboon, northeast africa, terrestrial, quadrupedal, folivore, one-male harem
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theropithecus gelada
Definition
gelada baboon, northeast africa, terrestrial, quadrupedal, folivore, one male harem
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macaca fuscata
Definition
Japanese monkey, only in Japan, terrestrial and arboreal, omnivore, quadrupedal, multi male and multi female
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presbytes entellus
Definition
hanuman langor, asia- india and pakistan, terrestrial and arboreal, quadrupedal, folivore, multi male and multi female, one male harems
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hylobates lar
Definition
gibbon, southeast asia, arboreal, brachiator, fruit and leaves, pair bonded
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gorilla gorilla
Definition
gorilla, central america, terrestrial and arboreal, quadrupedal, folivores, silverback male
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vertical clining and leaping, arm swinging
Definition
pre adapted for bipedalism
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hominids and hominoids share
Definition
broad thorax, reduced lumbar region, scapular location, clavicle position, position of arm socket, long arm relative to body, broad pelvis
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hominids only
Definition
s shaped curve, non divergent big toe, arched foot, functional axis across big toe
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