Anthropology 1
Final Exam Guide
Spring 2006
FINAL EXAM DAY/TIME:
10am M/W class: WEDNESDAY, 12/17 11am-1pm
10am T/TH class: THURSDAY, 5/11 10am-12 noon
11:30 T/TH class: TUESDAY, 5/16
11am-1pm
The exam is cumulative and the format is similar to that of the previous exams. The exam is designed to take approximately 60-70
minutes to complete, but you will have the entire final time (2 hours). This exam will count for 20% of your final grade in the class.
Keep in mind, however, that the exam is cumulative. Mastery of the material, therefore, may result in a higher than earned course
grade. The most important information that you need to know is that discussed in class, although you will be held responsible for
material in the book (vocabulary, etc.). Think particularly of topics in the first half that relate to later topics (i.e, intrasexual selection
and models of early hominid social behavior). Also, for the hominids, think of key traits that distinguish it from other paleospecies
(i.e., occipital torus among H. erectus)
Please bring a pen, pencil and Scantron form 882-E to the final. The short answer questions and listing/definition must be answered
in pen, the scantron form must be filled out in pencil. I will deduct 5 pts if pen is not used. You will be responsible for all TOPICS
covered on the previous exams. I suggest creating a list/study cards with topics, from which you can then study.
All exams: you are responsible for all vocabulary on the exams, both as definition problems or as terms within a problem
Previous Exam Material: Darwin’s 3 postulates/conditions necessary for evolution by natural selection
Types of natural selection
Darwin’s finches example
Mendel’s Postulates/Laws
Know how to do a Punnett square
Polygenic vs. pleiotropy traits
Heritability
Forces of evolution
Balanced polymorphism & heterozygous advantage
Constraints on Adaptation
Species concepts
Speciation
ancestral vs derived traits
nine categories/traits of primate order Examples of primates and general characteristics
know few traits of each
territoriality (pros and cons)
pros/cons of group living
Models for Group Living
def. & example of social groups
inter- & intrasexual selection
Infanticide
kin selection & Hamilton’s rule
reciprocal altruism & 3 conditions
theory of mind
Hypotheses of Primate Intelligence
Post-Exam #2 Information
Biostratrigraphy & potassium argon dating
fossils/fossilization
taphonomy & implications for paleoanthropology
explanations for bipdelism
morphological traits to determine bipedalism
Olduvai Gorge sites: why not home bases?
Hominids:
think of key traits that distinguish each from other paleospecies;
Think of behavior and how we can derive it using artifacts and/or morphology
Outline below, but still know material on exams:
gracile vs. robust forms?
why is Homo a different genus?
4 stone tool industries and associated with which
Homo erectus: evidence for sociality/care giving/pair-bonding/ hunting implications: left Africa
Archaic Homo sapiens (Neanderthal) crural index: climatic adaptations/culture and behavior: same as humans?
modern humans: anatomically modern vs. modern humans?
Human Revolution: what, when, why?
Upper Paleolithic culture and behavior tools: Upper Paleolithic
Models of human Origins: Multi-regional and Replacement-- what are they? evidence used for/against
Evolutionary psychology: EEA and reciprocity
inbreeding avoidance: ie., Westermark effect & examples
Evolutionary theory and mate choice: male/female preferences, Buss predictions Kipsigis & Nyinba examples
Race Concept
RACE concept: 3 flaws (& why flawed)
Topics from exams that you are NOT responsible for knowing:
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Taxonomy of living primates (except for hominid vs. hominoid)
Articles from the library
Film material
DNA material
Darwin’s influences
meiosis/mitosis
anthro subfields
Scientific method