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AnthropologyThe holistic study of humans - past and present, behaviors and societies, biological and cultural Four subfields of anthropologybiological, cultural, linguistic, archaeology Cultural AnthropologyStudies contemporary and past societies and the Variation in the behaviors and thoughts of those people ArchaeologyExamines the past with artifacts skeletons animals and plants Linguistic anthropologyExamines variation in communication and the root of languages how languages shapes ...

NVCC BIO 101 EXAM 2&3 CORRECTRY ANSWERED ANS PASSED What are fossils? - ANSWER remains of animals or plants once alive in sedimentary rock What part of the animal is usually left in a fossil? - ANSWER skeletons and bones What are the two things in which whole animals are found? - ANSWER amber and ice A scientist who digs up and studies fossils is called a- - ANSWER paleontologist No two people are genetically identical, except for identical twins, the main source of genetic vari...

APES Unit 1 Test FRQ's, AP Environmental Science-Unit 1 QuizDescribe a biological process by which carbon is removed from the atmosphere and converted to organic molecules. - correct answer Photosynthesis- In Photosynthesis, plants take in CO2 from the atmosphere and convert it into glucose/complex carbohydrates. Describe a biological process by which carbon is converted from organic molecules to a gas and returned to the atmosphere. - correct answer A biological process in which carbon is c...

Anth 102 Rollins WWU Exam 1 question and answers graded A+ 2023Cultural Relativism - correct answer the belief in the equal validity of all cultures Four Sub-fields of Anthropology - correct answer Biological, Cultural, Linguistic, Archeological. sometimes "applied" is considered one, but all fields have this aspect to them, so it is kind of encompassed. Paleoanthropology - correct answer Studying the biology and culture of past humans Genetics - correct answer Human DNA, evolutionary...

what makes us human? - ANSWERBipedalism, brains, skulls, Childhood dependency, tools, teeth biopedalism - ANSWERstresses the advantages it provided in a habitat increasingly dominated by dry, savanna-like conditions. Brains and skulls - ANSWEREarly hominins had very small brains, Brain size has increased during hominin evolution, especially with the advent of the genus Homo. Childhood dependency - ANSWERCompared with the young of other primates, human children have a long period of chil...

What is sexuality? Why do we care to understand it? - Sexuality is more than just sex. It is a dimension of one's personality which includes feelings and behaviors, shaped by ethnic, cultural, and religious boundaries. What is anthropology? - The holistic study of human kind, past, present, and future. What are the four subfields of anthropology? - 1. Cultural: contemporary societies and their variations in thoughts and beliefs. 2. Linguistic: variation of communication and roots of langu...

NVCC BIO 101 EXAM 2&3 CORRECTRY ANSWERED ANS PASSED What are fossils? - ANSWER remains of animals or plants once alive in sedimentary rock What part of the animal is usually left in a fossil? - ANSWER skeletons and bones What are the two things in which whole animals are found? - ANSWER amber and ice A scientist who digs up and studies fossils is called a- - ANSWER paleontologist No two people are genetically identical, except for identical twins, the main source of genetic vari...

NAME THE 4 SUBFIELDS OF ANTHROPOLOGY correct answers CULTURAL ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY LINGUISTIC ANTHRO PHYSICAL ANTHRO WHAT AREAS OF STUDY ARE IDENTIFIED WITH PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY correct answers STUDY: LIVING PEOPLE OTHER PRIMATES 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 anthropologi...

Forensic Anthropology - analysis of human remains in legal matters forensics anthropologist - analyze skeletal remains to determine the identity of a victim, life history, and cause/manner/mechanism of death -scene search, excavation and recovery what four categories can forensic anthropologists figure out from skeletons? - sex, age, stature, and race anthropology - study of all aspects of human development and interaction anthroposcopy - visual inspection of human body osteometry - me...

UVIC Biology 186 Exam Study Guide |Question and Answer| 100% Correct four major classes in the molecules of life *Ans* 1. Lipids 2. Carbohydrates 3. Proteins 4. Nucleic Acids monomers *Ans* "building block" molecules of a polymer polymers *Ans* many monomers covalently linked together dehydration *Ans* how polymers are synthesized hydrolysis *Ans* how polymers are broken homopolymers *Ans* polymers composed of identical monomers heteropolymers *Ans* polymers composed of different m...