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Anthropology Exam 1

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Definition
show The study of all aspects of human behavior  
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show The study of humankind  
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Archaeology   show
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show The study of human biology within an evolutionary framework  
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Paleopathology   show
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show The measurement of human body parts  
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show Anthropological and osteological studies for legal issues  
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Cultural Relativism   show
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show The study of a certain culture  
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Ethnology   show
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show The strategy by which humans adapt to the natural environment  
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show Coined the phrase "species"  
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show Argued that population sizes will grow exponentially while food supplies remain relatively stable  
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show Discovered the theory of natural selection behind Darwin  
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Jean-Baptist Lamarck   show
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show The founder of modern geology and uniformitarianism (the idea that geological processes observed in the present are the same as those in the past)  
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Carolus Linnaeus   show
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George Cuvier   show
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William Paley   show
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show The basic units of life for all organisms  
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Eukaryotic Cells   show
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show Cellular components of body tissues  
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Homologous Chromosomes   show
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Mitosis   show
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show Occurs in gametes. The result is four daughter cells, each with the haploid number of chromosomes  
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show During meiosis, homologous chromosomes and alleles split apart into gametes  
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show Traits influenced by more than two alleles  
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show The comprehensive theory of evolution that incorporates two processes: mutation and natural selection  
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Recombination   show
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Genetic Drift   show
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Gene Flow   show
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Locus   show
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Alleles   show
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Biological Determinism   show
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Polytypic   show
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Polymorphisms   show
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Cline   show
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Population genetics   show
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