Biological Anthropology, Midterm
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Anthropology - ✔✔The study of humankind
How does anthropology differ from other sciences? - ✔✔Views humans as both
biological and cultural beings
What are the four branches of anthropology? - ✔✔Cultural anthropology, archaeology,
linguistic anthropology, and physical anthropology
Cultural anthropology - ✔✔study of living cultures
Archaeology - ✔✔study of past cultures through artifacts
Linguistic anthropology - ✔✔study of language
Physical anthropology - ✔✔study of human biology, specifically of the evolution and
variation of humans
ethnology - ✔✔subfield of cultural anthropology, origins and characteristics of ethnic
groups with a focus on factors influencing cultural growth and change
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, 6 specialties of biological anthropology - ✔✔primatology, human biology,
paleoanthropology, skeletal biology, paleopathology, and forensic anthropology
primatology - ✔✔study of primates
human biology - ✔✔extreme environments and how we survive them through
adaptation
paleoanthropology - ✔✔study of evolution in ancient pre-humans
skeletal biology - ✔✔study of modern skeletons
paleopathology - ✔✔study of disease in humans and ancestral human populations
forensic anthropology - ✔✔study of human remains in a legal context
what makes humans different from animals? - ✔✔bipedalism, non-honing chewing,
complex material culture and tool use, hunting, speech, and dependence on
domesticated foods
bipedalism - ✔✔walking on two feet
non-honing chewing - ✔✔upper canines are sharper
culture - ✔✔learned behavior that is transmitted from person to person
sociolinguistics - ✔✔science of investigating language's social contexts
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#1, Ch 1-5 Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
Anthropology - ✔✔The study of humankind
How does anthropology differ from other sciences? - ✔✔Views humans as both
biological and cultural beings
What are the four branches of anthropology? - ✔✔Cultural anthropology, archaeology,
linguistic anthropology, and physical anthropology
Cultural anthropology - ✔✔study of living cultures
Archaeology - ✔✔study of past cultures through artifacts
Linguistic anthropology - ✔✔study of language
Physical anthropology - ✔✔study of human biology, specifically of the evolution and
variation of humans
ethnology - ✔✔subfield of cultural anthropology, origins and characteristics of ethnic
groups with a focus on factors influencing cultural growth and change
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, 6 specialties of biological anthropology - ✔✔primatology, human biology,
paleoanthropology, skeletal biology, paleopathology, and forensic anthropology
primatology - ✔✔study of primates
human biology - ✔✔extreme environments and how we survive them through
adaptation
paleoanthropology - ✔✔study of evolution in ancient pre-humans
skeletal biology - ✔✔study of modern skeletons
paleopathology - ✔✔study of disease in humans and ancestral human populations
forensic anthropology - ✔✔study of human remains in a legal context
what makes humans different from animals? - ✔✔bipedalism, non-honing chewing,
complex material culture and tool use, hunting, speech, and dependence on
domesticated foods
bipedalism - ✔✔walking on two feet
non-honing chewing - ✔✔upper canines are sharper
culture - ✔✔learned behavior that is transmitted from person to person
sociolinguistics - ✔✔science of investigating language's social contexts
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