Uci Anthro 2B Egan Midterm Study Guide.docx

UCI ANTHRO 2B EGAN MIDTERM
STUDY GUIDE

SubfieldsooofooAnthropologyoo-ooans--
Linguistics,ooAcheaology,ooSocioCultural,ooBiological

BiologicalooAnthropologyoo-ooans--Paleontology,ooPrimatology,ooHumanooBiology

Epistemologyoo-ooans--studyooofooknowledge

OxymoronooofooCreationooScienceoo-ooans--
Earthoowasoocreatedoobyooaoohigheroobeing.ooNeverooendingooargument

ScientificooParadigmoo-ooans--
theoocollectiveoowayooinoowhichooaoocommunityooofooresearchersooandoocliniciansooidentif
yootheooproblemsooandootheoomethodsooofooinvestigationooforootheiroodiscipline

Theoriesoo-ooans--
Broadooexplanationsooandoopredictionsooconcerningoophenomenaooofoointerest.ooMustoob
eoodisproved.

Hypothesisoo-ooans--Aootestableooprediction,oooftenooimpliedoobyooaootheory

Platooo-ooans--
Truthoocannotoobeoofoundooinootheooeverydayooworld.ooOnlyoofoundooinooanotheroorealm.o
oEidos


Eidosoo-ooans--
idealootype,ooconceptooofootruth.ooEX:ooWhatooisooaootrueoofox'sooappearanceoo(howoobus
hyooisootheootail?)

Aristotleoo-ooans--
TruthooCANoobeoofoundooinootheooeverydayooworld.ooGreatoochainooofoobeing.

Greatoochainooofoobeingoo-ooans--
Europeanooideaoothatooeveryoospeciesoowasooaoolinkooonooaoochainooextendingoofromoolo
westooformsootooohumansooandooonootooospiritualoobeings.ooAlloolinksooandoobeenoodesign
edooatootheoosameootimeooduringoocreationooandoowouldooneveroochange.ooOnceooalloothe
oolinksoowereoodiscoveredooandoodescribed,ootheoomeaningooofoolifeoowouldoobeooreveale
d.

, FixityooofooSpeciesoo-ooans--
Alloospeciesoothatooexistootodayoowereoolikeoothisoowhenootheyoowereoofirstoocreated.

ArchbishopooJamesooUssheroo-ooans--SaidooworldoowasoocreatedooOctober,oo4004ooBC

ReneooDescartesoo-ooans--
Reducedooeverythingootooospiritualoooroophysical.ooTooobeoooroonotootooobe.

CarolusooLinneausoo-ooans--
Fatherooofootaxonomy.ooBinomialooNomenclature.ooSystemmaooNaturae.ooAcceptedoofixit
yooofoospecies

BinomialooNomenclatureoo-ooans--Genusoospecies

Lamarckoo-ooans--
Earlyoowork:ooGreatoochainooofoobeingooofooevolutionoo(slimeoomoldsoo-->oowormsoo--
>oo...oo-->oohumans)
Lateroowork:ooEvolutionooviaooInheritanceooofooAcquiredooCharacteristics

GeorgeooCuvieroo-ooans--Developedootheootheoryooofoocatastrophism.
FatherooofooPaleontology
ProblemsoowooCuvier:ooManyoospeciesoolostoo(sabertooth)oobutoonotooothersoo(bison,ooca
mel)

JamesooHuttonoo-ooans--
Uniformitarianismoo:oochangesooinootheooearthsoocrustoooverootimeoo(erosion).ooThisooalso
oomustoohaveoooccurredooinootheoopast


CharlesooLyelloo-ooans--
PrinciplesooofooGeology:ooifooerosionooandoouniformitarianismooexist,ootheooearthoomustoo
beooveryooold

CharlesooDarwinoo-ooans--Naturalooselectionooandooevolution

ThomasooMalthusoo-ooans--
Humanoopopulationoohasootheoopotentialootooorapidlyoooutgrowoofoodoosource,oobutoodoes
oonotoodueootooofamine,oowar,ooplagueookeepingoopopoosizeoostable.


Darwin'sooLogicoo-ooans--
Speciesooproduceoomoreoooffspringoothanooareooableootooosurvive.ooResourcesooareoolimi
tedooandoopopoosizesooareoostable.ooIndividualsoocaryooandoovariationooisooinherited.ooTrai
tsooofoothoseoodoingoomostooofootheoobreedingoobecomeoomoreoocommonooinoonextoogene
rations.

GalapagosooIslandsoo-ooans--Finchesoovariations