PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS COMPLETE PREPARATION GUIDE

PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
COMPLETE PREPARATION GUIDE

●● Artifacts
Answer: Material objects from past cultures


●● Language
Answer: A set of written or spoken symbols that refer to things (people,
places, concepts, etc.) other than themselves


●● Sociolinguistics
Answer: The science of investigating language's social contexts


●● Biocultural approach
Answer: The scientific study of the interrelationship between what
humans have inherited genetically and culture


●● Hominids
Answer: A group of extinct and living bipedal primates in the family
Hominidae. Includes all humanlike beings that postdate the split
between the evolutionary lineage that led to modern humans (Homo)
and the lineage that led to living chimpanzees (Pan).

, ●● Primates
Answer: A group of mammals in the order Primates that have complex
behavior, varied forms of locomotion, and a unique suite of traits,
including larger brains, forward-facing eyes, fingernails, and reduced
snouts


●● Bipedalism
Answer: Walking on two legs


●● Nonhoning canine
Answer: An upper canine that as part of a nonhoning chewing
mechanism, is not sharpened against the lower third permolar


●● Material culture
Answer: The part of culture that is expressed as objects that humans use
to manipulate environments


●● Data
Answer: Evidence gathered to help answer questions, solve problems,
and fill gaps in scientific knowledge


●● Hypotheses