ANT100 – EVO Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

ANT100 – EVO Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Evolutionary Anthropology - Answer- Application of modern evolutionary theory to studies of morphology, ecology, and behavior of human and non-human primates 5 sub-disciplines Evolution in not linear, goal oriented, progressive Primatology - Answer- Scientific study of non-human primates Primate anatomy, field studies of wild animals, primate psychology, etc Primatologists seek to study the evolution of primates Paleoanthropology - Answer- Multidisciplinary study of: Biological evolution of humans and non-human primates Advent of and change of life Human Variation - Answer- Spatial and temporal variations in human features For example geographic and climatic variations in body size, skin colour, and eye colour Medical Anthropolgy - Answer- How social, environmental and biological factors influence health and illness of individuals at the community, regional, national, and global levels Forensic Anthropology - Answer- Focuses on the skeletal remains of humans' Questions for Anthropologists - Answer- How does evolution work and how does it apply to us? What are biological characteristics of our species? What is a physical record of our evolution? 4 Problems limited Development Theory of evolution - Answer- Lack of knowledge on age of the earth Religious concepts of fixity of species Lack of scientific method Religious notion of separate creation for animals and humans Age of Earth - Answer- In 1650, earth created on afternoon of October 23, 4004 BC Accepted because church pronouncements held as secular and religious law In reality, 4.6 billion years old Fixity of Species - Answer- By 8th century, scientists say living things created in present form Species, especially human species, were unchanging Lack of Scientific Method - Answer- Many ideas and concepts based on singular observations or fanciful accounts of other travelers Seperate Creation - Answer- Religious doctrine that God created humans separate from and over animals Humans made in God's image, so more divinity than animals Processes that work on animals could not work on us "god-like" humans Carl Linnaeus () - Answer- 1st comprehensive classification system for living things Each living thing named separate species On basis of physical resemblances =, species grouped into broader categories called genera Binomial Nomenclature -First letter of genus is capitalized -Species are always lower case -Offset text: underline if handwriting, or italicize when typin