ARCH 131 Midterm Exam | Questions and Answers
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T/F: all offspring of a T
homozygous dominant
parent and a
heterozygous parent will
exhibit the dominant form
of the trait in question
what does 4 viable sperm cells
spermatogenesis result in?
what is the results of either 4 sperm cells (spermatids) or 1 egg
meiosis?
what is encephalization? an increased ratio of brain to body size
of the early primates from Sivapithecus
the Miocene Epoch, which
most resembles modern
orangutans?
-physical/biological anthropology
what are the four sub-
-archeology
disciplines of
-linguistics
anthropology?
-cultural anthropology
what is physical/biological the study of human biological evolution and human
anthropology? remains
, the study of past cultures through their material
what is archeology?
culture that survives in the archeological record
the study of languages; study the role of languages in
what is linguistics?
culture
what is cultural the study of living cultures
anthorpology?
-1581-1656
Who was Irish Archbishop -claimed the world began in 4004 BC (On Oct 23rd
James Ussher? on a Sunday at 9 am)
-Believed Earth was created 6k years ago
What was found in the Neanderthal bones; found by Johann Fuhlrott who
Feldhofer Cave (Germany) gave the bones to Herman Shaaffhausen
in 1856 and by whom?
-1821-1902
-father of modern pathology
Who was Rudolf Virchow? -Claimed that Neandrethal bones presented by
Fuhlrott and Shaaffhausen were regular human bones
with bone pathology
what were the 3 important -extreme age of earth
changes in thinking about -extreme age of human history
the natural world? -the mutability of organisms (evolution)
-1726-1787
who was James Hutton? -geologist
-came up with law of uniformitarianism
geologically ancient conditions were the same as or
what is the law of 'uniform to' those of today
uniformitanism?
(underlying system to how places are formed)
| Fall 2025/2026 Update | 100% Correct - SFU.
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Terms in this set (340)
T/F: all offspring of a T
homozygous dominant
parent and a
heterozygous parent will
exhibit the dominant form
of the trait in question
what does 4 viable sperm cells
spermatogenesis result in?
what is the results of either 4 sperm cells (spermatids) or 1 egg
meiosis?
what is encephalization? an increased ratio of brain to body size
of the early primates from Sivapithecus
the Miocene Epoch, which
most resembles modern
orangutans?
-physical/biological anthropology
what are the four sub-
-archeology
disciplines of
-linguistics
anthropology?
-cultural anthropology
what is physical/biological the study of human biological evolution and human
anthropology? remains
, the study of past cultures through their material
what is archeology?
culture that survives in the archeological record
the study of languages; study the role of languages in
what is linguistics?
culture
what is cultural the study of living cultures
anthorpology?
-1581-1656
Who was Irish Archbishop -claimed the world began in 4004 BC (On Oct 23rd
James Ussher? on a Sunday at 9 am)
-Believed Earth was created 6k years ago
What was found in the Neanderthal bones; found by Johann Fuhlrott who
Feldhofer Cave (Germany) gave the bones to Herman Shaaffhausen
in 1856 and by whom?
-1821-1902
-father of modern pathology
Who was Rudolf Virchow? -Claimed that Neandrethal bones presented by
Fuhlrott and Shaaffhausen were regular human bones
with bone pathology
what were the 3 important -extreme age of earth
changes in thinking about -extreme age of human history
the natural world? -the mutability of organisms (evolution)
-1726-1787
who was James Hutton? -geologist
-came up with law of uniformitarianism
geologically ancient conditions were the same as or
what is the law of 'uniform to' those of today
uniformitanism?
(underlying system to how places are formed)
