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Anthropology -CORRECT ANSWER-the holistic study of human beings



The 4 Sub fields of Anthropology -CORRECT ANSWER-Cultural, Archaeology, Linguistic,
Biological/Physical



Cultural Anthropology -CORRECT ANSWER-the study of human societies, especially in a cross
cultural context.



Ethnography -CORRECT ANSWER-in depth study of a particular culture



ethnology -CORRECT ANSWER-the comparative study of ethnographic data



Applied Anthropology -CORRECT ANSWER-the application to solve practical problems

(non-academic, in the field, e.g. medical anthropology)



Culture -CORRECT ANSWER-strategies humans use to adapt to their environment

-it is learned - begins at birth

,- predisposition to assimilate culture profoundly influenced by biological factors



archaeology -CORRECT ANSWER-the study of the material culture of past peoples

(ex: artifacts and material culture)

(prehistoric, historic, etc.)



Linguistic Anthropology -CORRECT ANSWER-the study of speech and language; and it's
history and use`



Physical Anthropology -CORRECT ANSWER-the study of humans as biological organisms,
considered in an evolutionary framework



or



a biological science that deals with adaptations, variability, and evolution of human beings
and their living and fossil relatives



Biocultural Evolution -CORRECT ANSWER-biology makes culture possible - culture further
influences the direction of biological evolution



...Over time, culture and biology interacted in such a way that humans are said to be the
result of biocultural evolution



Father of Physical Anthropology -CORRECT ANSWER-Blumenbadk (early 1800s)



Blumenbadk -CORRECT ANSWER-(Father of Physical Anthropology)

- he was a physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist

- father of craniometry

, Paul Broca -CORRECT ANSWER-[1824-1880]



craniometry



Franz Boaz -CORRECT ANSWER-[1858-1942]



against hierarchical racism; environment can influence ALL



Ales Hrdlicka -CORRECT ANSWER-1st. Forensic Anthropologist at the Smithsonian

[1869-1943]



Earnest Hooten -CORRECT ANSWER-measured criminal skulls [1887-1954]



Who formed the American Association of Physical Anthropologists? -CORRECT ANSWER-
Sherwood Washburn in 1930.



Sherwood Washburn -CORRECT ANSWER-formed the AAPA in 1930 @ 18 years old

revitalized Physical Anth.

trained anthropologists



The Four Subfields of Physical Anthropology -CORRECT ANSWER-Paleoanthropology,
Paleopathology, (Skeletal) Osteology, and Forensic Anthropology



Skeletal Biology or Human Osteology -CORRECT ANSWER-the study of the skeleton and the
patterns and processes of human growth, physiology, and development



Paleoanthropology -CORRECT ANSWER-the study of the fossil record of ancestral humans
and their primate kin

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