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BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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Paleoanthroplogy


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Interdisciplinary approach to the study of earlier hominins.




Copernicus


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(1473-1543) He challenged the theory that Earth was the center of the
universe. He discussed his theory of 'intellectual circles', but this theory did not

, attract the Catholic church, and was considered dogma because it reinforced
the notion that Earth was not the central focus of God's creation of humans.




Hormones


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Substances that are produced by specialized cells and travel to other parts of
the body where they influence chemical reactions and regulate various
cellular functions.




Homoplasy


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Meaning "same growth". It is the separate evolutionary development of similar
characteristics in different groups of organisms.




Paleopathology


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The study of disease and injury in human skeletal remains from archaeological
sites.

,Hybrids


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Offspring of parents who differ from each other because of different inherited
traits or genetic makeup. Heterozygotes.




Lyell


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Considered the founder of modern geology. Charles Darwin's friend and
mentor. He argued in his work "Principles of Geology" that the geological
processes we see today are the same as those that occurred in the past. Also
called uniformitarianism, also proposed by James Hutton in the late 1700s.
Emphasized the obvious: that the world must be much older than anyone
previously suspected.




Virulence


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A measure of the severity of an infectious disease.




Interspecific

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Between species. Variation seen between two species.




Cultural Anthropology


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The study of the global patterns of belief and behavior found in modern and
historical cultures. It has two classic forms, ethnology (cross-cultural
comparisons) and ethnography (participant observation).




Primatology


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The study of the biology and behavior of nonhuman primates.




Heterodont


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Having different kinds of teeth like incisors, canines, etc.

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