Physical Anthropology Exam #1
Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔The study of humans
holistic - correct answer ✔✔Looks at all parts in sum, all-encompassing
Biocultural - correct answer ✔✔relationship between biology and culture and environment
Inter-disciplinary - correct answer ✔✔the combining of two or more academic fields for synthesis of
information
4 fields of anthropology - correct answer ✔✔1. biological/physical
2. archaeology
3. linguistic
4. cultural
Archeology - correct answer ✔✔the study of material evidence of past human life
Cultural Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔Study of the culture of present day societies
What is culture? - correct answer ✔✔learned behavior that is transmitted from person to person and
shared by a group
Ethnography - correct answer ✔✔Collection of qualitative data about beliefs and social behavior
Linguistic Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔Interaction between language and culture in human
populations and our close relations
Sociologists - correct answer ✔✔Study of how social contexts influence the way ppl use language
, Physical Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔Interested in human biology in the framework of evolution
Osteology - correct answer ✔✔the study of the skeleton
Human Biology - correct answer ✔✔Study of human growth/development
Primatology - correct answer ✔✔Study of primates
Paleoanthropology - correct answer ✔✔Study of fossil record for non-human primates and non-humans
True/false the fossil record is constantly in flux - correct answer ✔✔True
Most direct evidence we have of the past in anthro? - correct answer ✔✔Fossilized remains
Paleopathology and Bioarchaeology - correct answer ✔✔Study of disease in ancient human populations
and the study of human remains in an archaeological context
ie trauma, epidemics, nutritional beneficies, infectious dieases
Forensic Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔the study of the identification of skeletal remains and of the
means by which the individual died
ie criminal cases, military conflicts, mass disasters, human rights violations (mass graves)
What is science? - correct answer ✔✔the study of the natural world
Scientific Method - correct answer ✔✔1. Observation
2. Define problem
3. Propose hypothesis
4. Gather evidence
Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔The study of humans
holistic - correct answer ✔✔Looks at all parts in sum, all-encompassing
Biocultural - correct answer ✔✔relationship between biology and culture and environment
Inter-disciplinary - correct answer ✔✔the combining of two or more academic fields for synthesis of
information
4 fields of anthropology - correct answer ✔✔1. biological/physical
2. archaeology
3. linguistic
4. cultural
Archeology - correct answer ✔✔the study of material evidence of past human life
Cultural Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔Study of the culture of present day societies
What is culture? - correct answer ✔✔learned behavior that is transmitted from person to person and
shared by a group
Ethnography - correct answer ✔✔Collection of qualitative data about beliefs and social behavior
Linguistic Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔Interaction between language and culture in human
populations and our close relations
Sociologists - correct answer ✔✔Study of how social contexts influence the way ppl use language
, Physical Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔Interested in human biology in the framework of evolution
Osteology - correct answer ✔✔the study of the skeleton
Human Biology - correct answer ✔✔Study of human growth/development
Primatology - correct answer ✔✔Study of primates
Paleoanthropology - correct answer ✔✔Study of fossil record for non-human primates and non-humans
True/false the fossil record is constantly in flux - correct answer ✔✔True
Most direct evidence we have of the past in anthro? - correct answer ✔✔Fossilized remains
Paleopathology and Bioarchaeology - correct answer ✔✔Study of disease in ancient human populations
and the study of human remains in an archaeological context
ie trauma, epidemics, nutritional beneficies, infectious dieases
Forensic Anthropology - correct answer ✔✔the study of the identification of skeletal remains and of the
means by which the individual died
ie criminal cases, military conflicts, mass disasters, human rights violations (mass graves)
What is science? - correct answer ✔✔the study of the natural world
Scientific Method - correct answer ✔✔1. Observation
2. Define problem
3. Propose hypothesis
4. Gather evidence
