ANTH 107 STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM 1
Terms:
Culture
Anthropology
Linguistics
Archaeology
Physical Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Evolution
Natural selection
Recessive
Dominant
Genotype
Phenotype
DNA
Base (A,T,C,G)
Chromosome
Gene
Allele
Directional selection
Heterozygous
Homozygous
Hybridization
Meiosis
Mitosis
Natural selection
Dominant
Recessive
Mutation
Gene flow
Genetic drift
Speciation
Adaptation
Acclimatization
Stereoscopy
Strepsirhini
Haplorhini
Platyrrhines
Catarrhines
Cercopithecoidea
Ceboidea
Hominoids
hominids
Brachiation
Paleocene
Eocene
Oligocene
Miocene
Pliocene
Pleistocene
Proconsul
Adapid
Aegyptopithecus
Arboreal
Fayum
Dental pattern
Dental formula
Pongid
Plesiadapis
Knuckle walking
Quadramanual
Clinger and leaper
Quadraped
prosimian
H. sapiens sapiens
Charles Darwin
Lamarck
Watson and Crick
Gregor Mendel
Hutton
Cuvier
Jane Goodall
Birute Galdikas
Diane Fossey
Cuvier
Hutton
Lyell
homodonty
heterodonty
artifacts
ecofacts
features
sites
datum
excavation
stratified site
context
relative dating
stratigraphy
Law of Superposition
Frequency seriation
Stylistic seriation
numerical dating
radiometric dating
radiocarbon
potassium argon
half-life
dendrochronology
Ardipithecus ramidus
Sahelanthropus Tchadensis
Piltdown Hoax
Orrorin tugenensis
1. What are the elements of the “Circle of Anthropology” (diagram)?
2. Define the four subfields of anthropology. Provide examples of specialists within each.
3. What themes unify the subdisciplines of anthropology?
4. Discuss the development of evolutionary theory at the species level. In your answer define the Medieval
Paradigms and what each of the following contributed—Lyell, Hutton, Cuvier, Lamarck, Darwin, Mendel, and
Watson & Crick.
5. What are gene flow and genetic drift and how do they affect populations and lead to evolutionary change?
6. How would you define primates as an order? List their definitive characteristics (separate them from other
mammals).
7. Why is context so important to archaeologists? How does context relate to understanding the past?
8. How can fossils be dated when radiometric dating them is impossible?
9. What physiological changes to the body accompanied bipedalism?