Physical Anthropology- Exam 1
Primates - correct answer ✔✔Large-brained,
mostly tree-dwelling
mammals with three-dimensional color vision
and grasping hands.
Humans are primates.
Applied Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔Anthropology used to
address current practical
problems and concerns.
Theory - correct answer ✔✔...
Science - correct answer ✔✔The method of
inquiry that requires the
generation, testing, and
acceptance or rejection of
hypotheses.
Scientific Method - correct answer ✔✔The
process of conducting
scientific inquiry.
Hypothesis - correct answer ✔✔Educated
guesses to explain natural
phenomena.
, Belief Systems - correct answer ✔✔...
Species - correct answer ✔✔A group of
organisms that can produce
fertile offspring among
themselves but not with
members of other groups.
Evolution - correct answer ✔✔is simple enough: species of living things change
over time, and under the right circumstances this change can produce new
species of living organisms from existing ones.
Fossils - correct answer ✔✔Remains of lifeforms of the past.
Strata - correct answer ✔✔Layers; here, the
layers of rock and soil
under the earth's surface.
Stratigraphy - correct answer ✔✔The study
of the earth's strata.
Adaptation - correct answer ✔✔...
Fitness - correct answer ✔✔-
Natural Selection - correct answer ✔✔...
Genes - correct answer ✔✔Those portions
Primates - correct answer ✔✔Large-brained,
mostly tree-dwelling
mammals with three-dimensional color vision
and grasping hands.
Humans are primates.
Applied Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔Anthropology used to
address current practical
problems and concerns.
Theory - correct answer ✔✔...
Science - correct answer ✔✔The method of
inquiry that requires the
generation, testing, and
acceptance or rejection of
hypotheses.
Scientific Method - correct answer ✔✔The
process of conducting
scientific inquiry.
Hypothesis - correct answer ✔✔Educated
guesses to explain natural
phenomena.
, Belief Systems - correct answer ✔✔...
Species - correct answer ✔✔A group of
organisms that can produce
fertile offspring among
themselves but not with
members of other groups.
Evolution - correct answer ✔✔is simple enough: species of living things change
over time, and under the right circumstances this change can produce new
species of living organisms from existing ones.
Fossils - correct answer ✔✔Remains of lifeforms of the past.
Strata - correct answer ✔✔Layers; here, the
layers of rock and soil
under the earth's surface.
Stratigraphy - correct answer ✔✔The study
of the earth's strata.
Adaptation - correct answer ✔✔...
Fitness - correct answer ✔✔-
Natural Selection - correct answer ✔✔...
Genes - correct answer ✔✔Those portions
