Anthropology Exam 1 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Cultural Anthropology | The study of all aspects of human behavior |
| Anthropology | The study of humankind |
| Archaeology | The study of earlier cultures through the recovery, analysis, and interpretations of material remains |
| Physical Anthropology | The study of human biology within an evolutionary framework |
| Paleopathology | The study of bones that show evidence of trauma, infectious diseases, nutrition deficiencies, or other conditions |
| Anthropometry | The measurement of human body parts |
| Forensic Anthropology | Anthropological and osteological studies for legal issues |
| Cultural Relativism | View that no culture is superior to another. All views are equal and valid. |
| Ethnography | The study of a certain culture |
| Ethnology | The comparative study of different cultures |
| Culture | The strategy by which humans adapt to the natural environment |
| John Ray | Coined the phrase "species" |
| Thomas Malthus | Argued that population sizes will grow exponentially while food supplies remain relatively stable |
| Alfred Russel Wallace | Discovered the theory of natural selection behind Darwin |
| Jean-Baptist Lamarck | Argued that environmental change would cause a species to physically change based on its new activity |
| Charles Lyell | The founder of modern geology and uniformitarianism (the idea that geological processes observed in the present are the same as those in the past) |
| Carolus Linnaeus | Developed a classification of plants and animals known as the Systems of Nature |
| George Cuvier | Argued that increased complexity of species was the result of regional catastrophism over time and the concept of extincition |
| William Paley | Argued the eye was too complex and must have had a designer. Proponent of Intelligent Design |
| Cells | The basic units of life for all organisms |
| Eukaryotic Cells | Have a membrane bound nucleus and distinct organelles |
| Somatic Cells | Cellular components of body tissues |
| Homologous Chromosomes | Pairs of chromosomes that carry genetic information influencing the same trait |
| Mitosis | Occurs in somatic cells. Result is a genetically identical daughter cell with the diploid number of chromosomes |
| Meiosis | Occurs in gametes. The result is four daughter cells, each with the haploid number of chromosomes |
| Principle of Segregation | During meiosis, homologous chromosomes and alleles split apart into gametes |
| Polygenic Traits | Traits influenced by more than two alleles |
| Modern Synthesis | The comprehensive theory of evolution that incorporates two processes: mutation and natural selection |
| Recombination | The reshuffling of genes in the offspring every generation as a result of sexual reproduction |
| Genetic Drift | Caused by random alterations of allele frequencies in populations, tied to population size. |
| Gene Flow | The exchange of genes between populations |
| Locus | specific location of a gene or DNA sequence on a chromosome |
| Alleles | any of several forms of a gene |
| Biological Determinism | Says there is an association between physical characteristics and such attributes of intelligence, morals, values, abilities, and social status |
| Polytypic | Composed of local populations that differ in the expression of one or more traits |
| Polymorphisms | Locus that governs has two or more alleles. Essential to the study of evolutionary processes |
| Cline | Geographical distribution of a polymorphic trait |
| Population genetics | study of the frequency of alleles, genotypes, phenotypes in populations from a microevolutionary perspective |
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