Anth 110 Exam 1
ANTH 110 EXAM 1 Absolute Dating Technique - ANSWER-establish dates in numbers or ranges of numbers; radiometric methods radiocarbon or carbon-14 dating (14C) (best known) or potassium-argon dating (K-Ar); measures time it takes for one element or isotope to decay into another element or isotope Alfred Russell Wallace - ANSWER-Natural Selection (evolution); independently reached same conclusions as Darwin Alleles - ANSWER-variations of genes Anthropoids - ANSWER-two categories-primate family Anthropology - ANSWER-Study of human variation and diversity across time and space; Anthrops = "man, human" and logos = "study" Archaeology - ANSWER-form of anthropology-study of material culture (using rocks and fossils); prehistory; material remains Arthur Reginald Radcliffe-Brown - ANSWER-felt that the various aspects of social behavior maintain a society's social structure rather than satisfy individual needs; by social structure he meant the total network of existing social relationships in a society Artifacts - ANSWER-anything made or modified by humans (ecofact use to be a living organism); lithics are the most common (stone tools) Biological anthropology - ANSWER-study of closest living ancestors (mostly monkeys); study of humans as biological organisms Brachiation - ANSWER-: how monkey's move (swinging tree to tree)
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