Exam 1 Anthropology ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is anthropology? holistic, comparative, field-based, and evolutionary study of human beings in the
past and present
, Biological Anthropology the study of humans as biological organisms and compares them to other
organisms in the past and present.
Primatology
Paleoanthropology
Human skeletal biology
Molecular biology
Human evolution
Archaeology Studies humans through the analysis of human remains.
Linguistic Anthropology The study of human language in the past and present.
Cultural Anthropology the study of people's communities, behaviors, beliefs, and institutions, including
how people make meaning as they live, work, and play together. Mostly in the
present but also in the past.
holistic Combining theories, methods, and findings from other fields with distinctly and
anthropological theory methods and findings.
Comparative Anthropologist compare humans in time, Past and present, across space or in
ways of life
Enculturation The process of learning culture from other humans with in a social group and
passing culture on from one generation to the next
Field based Anthropologist collect data about human biology, culture, practice, behavior, or
beliefs through field research using diverse data collection methods
Evolutionary Anthropologist understand that humans changed over time and continue to
change. Includes biology and culture
How does Danilyn Rutherford define anthropology Anthropologist study people -particular people- in particular times and places-
and what makes them human and their own distinct way
What is the relationship between humans and other We are primates, mammals and members of the ape family. We share evolutionary
animals? history, our DNA, and our physiology with chimpanzees
What is anthropology? holistic, comparative, field-based, and evolutionary study of human beings in the
past and present
, Biological Anthropology the study of humans as biological organisms and compares them to other
organisms in the past and present.
Primatology
Paleoanthropology
Human skeletal biology
Molecular biology
Human evolution
Archaeology Studies humans through the analysis of human remains.
Linguistic Anthropology The study of human language in the past and present.
Cultural Anthropology the study of people's communities, behaviors, beliefs, and institutions, including
how people make meaning as they live, work, and play together. Mostly in the
present but also in the past.
holistic Combining theories, methods, and findings from other fields with distinctly and
anthropological theory methods and findings.
Comparative Anthropologist compare humans in time, Past and present, across space or in
ways of life
Enculturation The process of learning culture from other humans with in a social group and
passing culture on from one generation to the next
Field based Anthropologist collect data about human biology, culture, practice, behavior, or
beliefs through field research using diverse data collection methods
Evolutionary Anthropologist understand that humans changed over time and continue to
change. Includes biology and culture
How does Danilyn Rutherford define anthropology Anthropologist study people -particular people- in particular times and places-
and what makes them human and their own distinct way
What is the relationship between humans and other We are primates, mammals and members of the ape family. We share evolutionary
animals? history, our DNA, and our physiology with chimpanzees
