PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY TEST BANK
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS EXAM SUCCESS GUIDE
●● What are the primary subfields of anthropology in the US?
Answer: Archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, physical
anthropology, and sometimes applied anthropology.
●● What does physical anthropology study?
Answer: It studies human beings and our non-human primate relatives
and ancestors as biological beings.
●● What are the six subfields of study within physical anthropology?
Answer: Primatology, paleoanthropology, bioarchaeology, molecular
anthropology, human biology, and forensic anthropology.
●● What is primatology?
Answer: The study of non-human primates.
●● What is paleoanthropology?
Answer: The study of our non-human ancestors.
, ●● What is bioarchaeology?
Answer: The study of human remains in conjunction with surrounding
soils and materials.
●● What is molecular anthropology?
Answer: The study of genetics of ancient and modern populations.
●● What is human biology?
Answer: The study of how human variation led to differences around the
world.
●● What is forensic anthropology?
Answer: An applied practice that seeks to provide identities for
medicolegally significant human remains.
●● What is the significance of evolution in anthropology?
Answer: It is crucial for understanding human origins, variation, and
adaptation.
●● Who recognized the concept of natural selection?
Answer: Charles Darwin.
●● What does the modern synthesis in evolution combine?
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS EXAM SUCCESS GUIDE
●● What are the primary subfields of anthropology in the US?
Answer: Archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, physical
anthropology, and sometimes applied anthropology.
●● What does physical anthropology study?
Answer: It studies human beings and our non-human primate relatives
and ancestors as biological beings.
●● What are the six subfields of study within physical anthropology?
Answer: Primatology, paleoanthropology, bioarchaeology, molecular
anthropology, human biology, and forensic anthropology.
●● What is primatology?
Answer: The study of non-human primates.
●● What is paleoanthropology?
Answer: The study of our non-human ancestors.
, ●● What is bioarchaeology?
Answer: The study of human remains in conjunction with surrounding
soils and materials.
●● What is molecular anthropology?
Answer: The study of genetics of ancient and modern populations.
●● What is human biology?
Answer: The study of how human variation led to differences around the
world.
●● What is forensic anthropology?
Answer: An applied practice that seeks to provide identities for
medicolegally significant human remains.
●● What is the significance of evolution in anthropology?
Answer: It is crucial for understanding human origins, variation, and
adaptation.
●● Who recognized the concept of natural selection?
Answer: Charles Darwin.
●● What does the modern synthesis in evolution combine?
