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ANTH Unit 4

Primates, Dating Methods, Human Evolution, Archaeology

TermDefinition
Anthropomorphism The attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman animals
ecological niches a species way of life
taxonomy a biological classification of various kinds of organisms
morphology shapes and sizes of organisms anatomical features
prosimians lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers
anthropoids monkeys, apes and humans
hominoids apes and humans
hominids humans
homology inheritance due to common ancestry
analogy convergent, or parallel evolution
oligocene primate fossils that could be ancestors to modern new world anthropoids
miocene the common ancestor of chimpanzees, gorillas, and humans
relative dating methods that identify a particular object as being older or younger in relation to some other object
numerical dating methods which use laboratory treatment or analysis of various items recovered from an excavation site.
law of superposition layers lower down must be older than the layers above them
law of cross-cutting relationships the intruding features must be younger than the layers they intersect
anagenesis slow, gradual transformation of a single species over time from one species to another
archaeology studies the material remains left by our ancestors in order to interpret cultural variation and culture change in the human past
site a precise geographical location of the remains of past human activity
artifacts objects that have been deliberately and intelligently shaped by human or near-human activity
features non-portable remnants from the past
ethnoarchaeology the study of the way present-day societies use artifacts and structures and how these objects become part of the archaeological record
surveys the physical examination of a geographical region in which promising sites are most likely to be found
GPR ground penetrating radar, reflects pulsed radar waves of features below the surface
GIS geographic information systems, database with a map-based interface
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