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anthropology ch1
Stack #155646
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Walking on two legs, as humans and chickens do, is referred to as | bipedalism |
| The mammalian group to which humans belong is the Order | Primates |
| Culture is | learned |
| The biological characteristics of humans enabled culture to develop and culture, in turn, influenced human biological development. This is called | biocultural evolution |
| Anthropology differs from other disciplines which study humans in that anthropology | is integrative and interdisciplinary |
| An anthropologist who is studying the subsistence strategy of the Mbuti pygmies in Zaire is likely to be a(n) | cultural anthropologist |
| Anthropologists who conduct excavations in order to recover artifacts and other aspects of material culture are | archaeologists |
| Why do archaeologists dig for artifacts? | To gain information about human behavior |
| Physical anthropology has its origins in | natural history AND anatomical observation of human physical variation |
| Physical anthropologists became interested in human change over time (i.e. evolution) with the publication of | Darwin's Origin of Species |
| Anthropologists who specialize in the fossil remains and the physical evidence of early human behavior are called | paleoanthropologists |
| Contemporary physical anthropologists, whose main interest is in modern human variation, approach their subject matter from the perspective of | adaptive significance |
| Researchers that use state-of-the-art genetic technologies to study evolutionary relationships both within our species and between humans and non-human primates are | molecular anthropologists |
| A researcher is studying the nutritional ecology of howler monkeys in Panama. Her area of expertise is | primatology |
| A family reports to the police that their dog has brought home a leg bone that appears to be human. The police also believe that this bone is human. To find out whether or not this bone is indeed human the police will consult a(n) | forensic anthropologist |
| A physical anthropologist who studies bones exclusively is called a(n) | osteologist |
| An important and basic discipline for osteology, paleopathology and paleoanthropology is | anatomy |
| A scientific hypothesis | must be testable |
| If a researcher measures some biological variable and then uses the numbers obtained to arrive at conclusions we would say that this study is | quantitative |
| Viewing other cultures from the inherently biased perspective of one's own culture is known as | ethnocentrism |
| A healthy skepticism about claims that are made about science, politics, or medicine is often called | critical thinking |
| What is it called when one species transforms in another? | macroevolution |
| What is anthropometry? | measurement of the human body |
| What chemical has been recently extracted from fossilized hominid bones? | DNA |
| What kind of anthropologist studies monkey metabolism? | primatologist |
| Anthropology is the scientific study of humankind | true |
| Over the vast time period of human evolution, the role of culture becomes less and less important as we approach the present | false |
| Paleoanthropology is a subfield of cultural anthropology | false |
| Evolution is a change in genetic makeup of a population from one generation to the next | true |
| Physical anthropology is the study of human biology within the framework of evolution | true |
| Because primates are humanity's closest living relatives, anthropologists feel that the study of these animals can shed light on our own behavior and other aspects of our biology | true |
| Primate paleontology is the field which studies gene structure and action as well as the patterns of inheritance | false |
| Physical anthropology is the discipline of anthropology that interprets past cultures through their material remains which are recovered through excavation | false |
| As scientists, physical anthropologists must adhere to the scientific method whereby a research problem is identified and information is subsequently gathered in order to solve it | true |
| The anthropological perspective can teach us to embrace ethnocentrism, a valid viewpoint in which other cultures are seen as inferior to one's own | false |
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