QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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NAME THE 4 SUBFIELDS OF ANTHROPOLOGY - ✔✔CULTURAL ANTHRO
ARCHAEOLOGY
LINGUISTIC ANTHRO
PHYSICAL ANTHRO
WHAT AREAS OF STUDY ARE IDENTIFIED WITH PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY -
✔✔STUDY:
LIVING PEOPLE
OTHER PRIMATES
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,PAST PEOPLE/PAST SOCIETIES
TRY TO ANSWER WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN.
FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY -
ADDRESS SOCIAL ISSUES
BIOLOGICAL AS WELL AS CULTURAL
INTERDISCIPLINARY- UTILIZES THEORIES /METHODS FROM OTHER VIELDS
16. A physical anthropologist would study which of the following?
A. modern hunter-gatherers in Africa
B. skeletons from ancient Rome
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,C. primate behavior
D. all of the above - ✔✔D ALL THE ABOVE
17. Which of the following would a physical anthropologist NOT study to learn more
about humans?
A. pottery and stone tools
B. bones and teeth
C. disease and nutrition
D. genes and reproduction - ✔✔A POTTERY AND STONE TOOLS
GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHAT 3 AREAS DO PHYSICAL (BIOLOGICAL)
ANTHROPOLOGISTS STUDY - ✔✔HUMAN BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
HUMAN BIOCULTURAL VARIATION
ADAPTATIONS OF HUMANS AND THEIR PAST/PRESENT RELATIVES
T/F
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, Physical anthropology deals with all aspects of human biology, both past and present. -
✔✔TRUE
20. Physical anthropology is the study of human __________ and human _________.
A. bones / nature
B. evolution / variation
C. culture / language
D. pottery / stone tools - ✔✔B EVOLUTION / VARIATION
23. Physical anthropologists can understand human biological variation by looking at
changes in:
A. genes
B. health
C. lifestyle
D. all of the above - ✔✔D ALL THE ABOVE
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