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11/18/2010

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Differential Fertility and Mortality:
Definition
• Key word: Differential (differences b/t individual organisms)
• Individuals vary with their rates of survival and reproduction
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Kamikazi-
Definition
(sacred wind) Japanese suicide pilots
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Shakers-
Definition
pledge life long celibacy
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Heterodont-
Definition
(Humans) have all kinds of teeth because we consume a variety of different foods
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Bipedalism-
Definition
now regulates body temperature; we can see over horizon
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Foliate-
Definition
if destroyed= neurological defects, need to avoid heat stroke
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Ashkenazi Jews-
Definition
elevated risk of disorders like cystic fibrosis and tay sachs disease, yet largely immune to killer of the day – TB
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Cultural Evolution:
Definition
• Accumulative process: traits emerge and diffuse (carneiro)
• Suplantive process: one replaces another
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Yanomamo-
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aspire to be fierce
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Waiteri-
Definition
“fierce”
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Unokai-
Definition
status name for those who take the life of an enemy
Unokai – Yanamammo – male status position by taking life of another male.
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Hopi-
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quickly punish aggression
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Yomut herdsman of Persia-
Definition
goals are to own land and livestock
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Street urchins-
Definition
kids on the street
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Porotic hyperostosis-
Definition
spongy bone in the occipital lobe, signature of deficiency in the diet- IRON, not enough meat, anemic individuals
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Enamel hypoplasia-
Definition
bands, striations, on enamel of dentition; teeth represent not enough calcium, lack of vitamin D, often concurrent with rickets, this happens at times of great stress due to lack of food
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Corn deficient in Niacin-
Definition
causes Pellagra
Severe impact on neurological system
Produces state similar to Alzheimer’s
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Moity-
Definition
French term meaning half (2 within a given society or settlement)
• Ex Osage (sky and earth people)
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Kipsigis Kenya (Bergerhoff Mulden)
Definition
Concerned with cattle, and marriage, herd size cattle had impact on marriage, number of wives and number of children produced CS=RS
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Domesticates whether animal or plant- genetic change affecting their...
Definition
pheontypes
• Size, taste, or behavior
• Humans select what is valued
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Agriculture:
Definition
artificially maintained ecosystem
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Xerophitic species-
Definition
species is dry loving, ex. Cacti or century plant
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Coxcatlan-
Definition
rock shelter, primitive small earliest place we see maize
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Capsicum peppers-
Definition
a chemical that has a powerful antimicrobial
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Squash pre-date Maize by...
Definition
a millennium in Mexico
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Three sisters at least...
Definition
7k years.
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AMARANTH
Definition
Spanish forbade cultivation of because they thought it was associated with Satan
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Genus: Laganaria
Definition
• Peanuts
• Bottle gords
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Genus: Opuntia
Definition
• Nopa- pricly pear cactus, produces a fruit known as TUNA in Spanish, source of water, dry, high in vitamin C
• Leaves- NOPALIOS- if you remove spines, bake, fry or eat fresh
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Manioc-
Definition
fruit, likely introduced from tropical lowland areas ,originating prob. In Brazil and the lower part of MesoAmerica
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Trypanosome-
Definition
microscopic organism that causes African Sleeping Sickness, particular locus on human chromosome that protects W. Africans against sleeping sickness, yet later in life suffer with ...
Bores through your feet
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Thrombus-
Definition
etiology of stroke, blood clot
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Primary diff. b/t natural and cultural selection
Definition
In the latter humans are the decision makers.
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Origins of agriculture=
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cultural selection
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Directional selection-
Definition
minor at first, dominates over time
Simply look at how quickly motorized vehicles replaced animal drawn ones.
Don’t confuse directional selection with other forms of selection.
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Drug resistance =
Definition
product of natural selection
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Cell phones-
Definition
directional selection
Things that are superior dominate over the inferior.
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Nominal or Normalizing selection or Stabilizing selection
Definition
Bible/Quran
Christmas
Certain realms of culture that do not change.
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Runaway selection-
Definition
is inside sexual selection
Mating ritual so elaborate it almost costs life
American Indians and art in 1890’s – ppl desperate for continuity(beading soles of shoes, beading saddles, suitcases)
Most stressed- most creative.
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CS=RS –
Definition
Cultural Success = Reproductive Success
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Teosinte –
Definition
God’s Grass
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Porortic Hyperostosis –
Definition
spongy bone on skull due to lack of nutrition
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Enamel hypoplasis –
Definition
striations on incisiors due to dietary nutritional stress.
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Agriculture –
Definition
artificially maintained ecosystems.
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Gloggers Rule –
Definition
Jablonski. Inuit and Alieut degrees of pigmentation decreases. Very vitamin d rich. Folate. Melanin
protects folate.
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Anemia –
Definition
iron deficcent. Usually meat.
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Rickets –
Definition
Calcium and Vitamin D.
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Pollegra –
Definition
Niacin deficent.
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Scurvy –
Definition
vitamin c deficient.
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Tropical disease –
Definition
malaria. Tzizif fly. River blindness.
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Tropical disease –
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malaria. Tzizif fly. River blindness.
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Zooinatix Diesaes -
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Tapeworms. Anthrax. Rabies. Lymes dieasese.
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Deficient diseases –
Definition
anemia, scurvy, rickets, pollegara.
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Diverticulitus –
Definition
lack of fiber
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Unilinear evolution –
Definition
Tylor, Spencer & Morgan remain in the state of “savagery” barbarism
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Multilinear evolution –
Definition
Julian Steward – “culture core” – culturally specific paths.
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3. Universal evolution –
Definition
Leslie White – driving force = energy. Harnessing of energy per capita, per year= best evolutionary change. Can translate into disaster.
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4. Differential Change –
Definition
Carneiro, Herbert Spencer – state of change from homogeneity to heterogeneity. Sickle cell gylph v. multicell gylph.
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5. Darwinian Anthropology/Psychology –
Definition
William Irons. decent with modification. Biological. Population loss + extinction. BEHAVIORS OF INDIVIUAL IN ANY CULTURE OFTEN PERTAIN TO GOALS.
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Individuals are born and socialized so they will embrace...
Definition
the goals relevant to their society, and value what is around them.
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Darwinian Anthroplogy and Psychology- Symons
Definition
a. Primary focus on DA's-Looking at particular behaviors that lead to reproductive outcome
i. Looking at differential reproductive success
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Agriculture-
Definition
artificially maintained ecosystem
i. Agriculture is uniquely human, artificially created and maintained ecosystem
1) Particular species of ants harvests plants, lets mold grow and then harvest mold
ii. Typically and ideally, there are at most two or three species in an agriculture area. There are not ecosystems like that with a very limited number of species.
iii. Those species are the ones humans are planting cultivating, and later harvesting.
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Nopal Opuntia -
Definition
prickly pear cactus, produces a fruit in Spanish "tuna"
1) Source of water
2) Xerophytic plant
3) Extremely high in vitamin c
4) Leaves can be baked or cooked, or diced in salad
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Yomut –
Definition
males with livestock and land = higher reproductive success rate. CS=RS
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