Bio Anthropology: Exam 1 UPDATED
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is anthropology? - CORRECT ANSWER - The anti-reductive/holistic study of
humankind in all its aspects.
What are Anthropology's subfields? - CORRECT ANSWER - Biological Anthropology,
Archaeology, Linguistic Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology
Who founded American Anthropology? - CORRECT ANSWER - Franz Boaz
What do cultural anthropologists do? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Using the method of
ethnography, cultural anthropologists study human culture in its many diverse forms
2.
What do linguistic anthropologists do? - CORRECT ANSWER - Linguistic
anthropologists study the construction of language by human societies. As opposes to other kinds
of linguists, linguistic anthropologists typically study language within its social or cultural
context.
What do archaeologists do? - CORRECT ANSWER - Archaeologists excavate, collect,
and analyze artifacts and the material culture of the past. Archaeologists study what has been left
behind by people and what we can learn about them and their society.
What do biological anthropologists do? - CORRECT ANSWER - Biological
anthropologists study all aspects of human biology using
scientific methods in a theoretically engaged framework.
The primary focus of research in biological anthropology is the evolution and biocultural
variation of humans and our closest living and fossil relatives.
, What two core concepts underly the work of biological anthropologists? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1.We are influenced by a shared evolutionary history
2.We are influenced by local histories and individual lived experiences
What are the six sub-subfields of biological anthropology? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Primatology, Paleoanthropology, Human Biology, Anthropological Genetics, Bioarchaeology,
and Forensics
Primatology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of the non- human primates and their
anatomy, genetics, behavior, and ecology
Paleoanthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of the fossil record of ancestral
humans and their primate kin
Human Biology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of biological variation in modern
populations and how it is adapted to and influenced by ecological and social factors
Anthropological Genetics - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of human genetic variation,
population history, and adaptation among living and ancient peoples, and how these features are
shaped by ecological and social factors
Bioarchaeology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of human remains in an
archaeological context, and how human biology is shaped by long term ecological and social
change
Forensics - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of recent human remains and body
decomposition often applied within a legal context for identification
. What is science? - CORRECT ANSWER - Science is one form of knowledge production
based the empirical study of the natural world.
It is an epistemological system that it is concerned with the subset of all knowledge that can be
gained using the scientific method and the technologies available at a given place and time.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is anthropology? - CORRECT ANSWER - The anti-reductive/holistic study of
humankind in all its aspects.
What are Anthropology's subfields? - CORRECT ANSWER - Biological Anthropology,
Archaeology, Linguistic Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology
Who founded American Anthropology? - CORRECT ANSWER - Franz Boaz
What do cultural anthropologists do? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Using the method of
ethnography, cultural anthropologists study human culture in its many diverse forms
2.
What do linguistic anthropologists do? - CORRECT ANSWER - Linguistic
anthropologists study the construction of language by human societies. As opposes to other kinds
of linguists, linguistic anthropologists typically study language within its social or cultural
context.
What do archaeologists do? - CORRECT ANSWER - Archaeologists excavate, collect,
and analyze artifacts and the material culture of the past. Archaeologists study what has been left
behind by people and what we can learn about them and their society.
What do biological anthropologists do? - CORRECT ANSWER - Biological
anthropologists study all aspects of human biology using
scientific methods in a theoretically engaged framework.
The primary focus of research in biological anthropology is the evolution and biocultural
variation of humans and our closest living and fossil relatives.
, What two core concepts underly the work of biological anthropologists? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1.We are influenced by a shared evolutionary history
2.We are influenced by local histories and individual lived experiences
What are the six sub-subfields of biological anthropology? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Primatology, Paleoanthropology, Human Biology, Anthropological Genetics, Bioarchaeology,
and Forensics
Primatology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of the non- human primates and their
anatomy, genetics, behavior, and ecology
Paleoanthropology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of the fossil record of ancestral
humans and their primate kin
Human Biology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of biological variation in modern
populations and how it is adapted to and influenced by ecological and social factors
Anthropological Genetics - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of human genetic variation,
population history, and adaptation among living and ancient peoples, and how these features are
shaped by ecological and social factors
Bioarchaeology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of human remains in an
archaeological context, and how human biology is shaped by long term ecological and social
change
Forensics - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of recent human remains and body
decomposition often applied within a legal context for identification
. What is science? - CORRECT ANSWER - Science is one form of knowledge production
based the empirical study of the natural world.
It is an epistemological system that it is concerned with the subset of all knowledge that can be
gained using the scientific method and the technologies available at a given place and time.
