ATH 155 Exam 1
(Handy man) Homo Habilis - ✅✅ -first of the species of the genus Homo, which
lived from approximately 2.3 to 1.4 million years ago at the beginning of the
Pleistocene and is the first human ancestor to use tools, shows the first signs of
protein becoming a large part of our diet, compared to australiopithicens the
brain size doubled
5 Primate Synapomorphies - ✅✅ -prehensile hands with divergent thumb,
prehensile feet with divergent big toe, flattened nails, large apical pads on tips of
fingers, forward facing eyes
Acheulean tools - ✅✅-Hand axe tools, sharper and more specific for hunting.
Action of gluteal muscles in chimps versus hominins - ✅✅-chimps extensors,
humans abductors
Alfre Russel Wallace - ✅✅-also independently came up with natural selection
✅✅-Different forms of a gene
Allele -
Anthropology - ✅✅-the study of human nature, human society, and the human
past
✅✅-Greek philosopher
Aristotle -
Catastrophism - ✅✅-theory that states that natural disasters such as floods
and volcanic eruptions shaped Earth's landforms and caused extinction of some
species
Could australopithecines still climb trees? - ✅✅-Yes, but they were habitually
bipedal
Darwin's three postulates - ✅✅ -1. Variation exists
2. Variation is heritable
3. There is a struggle for existence
, Do non-human primates possess theory of mind? - ✅✅-Yes, to an extent,
tactical deception
✅✅
Do non-human primates understand third party relationships? example -
-Yes, kin recognition, altruism
dominant allele - ✅✅-An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism
when the allele is present.
Endurance Running Hypothesis - ✅✅ -The belief that human anatomical and
behavioral traits have been evolutionarily selected by the need for intense and/or
long duration physical activity like distance running
Ethnoprimatology - ✅✅-the study of the interface between human and ape
communities
Evolution -✅✅-change in allele frequencies in a population over time
Features that identify Bipedality - ✅✅-foramen magnum location, pelvic bowl,
values knee, etc.
First stone tools - ✅✅-Oldowan, cores and flakes, 2.6 mya, found in Olduvai
Gorge
four mechanisms of evolution - ✅✅-mutation, gene flow, genetic drift, natural
selection
Four subfields of anthropology - ✅✅ -Archaeology, Biological Anthropology,
Cultural Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology
Gene - ✅✅-A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait
Heterozygous genotype - ✅✅-A genotype with two different alleles
Hominoidea - ✅✅-apes and humans
(Handy man) Homo Habilis - ✅✅ -first of the species of the genus Homo, which
lived from approximately 2.3 to 1.4 million years ago at the beginning of the
Pleistocene and is the first human ancestor to use tools, shows the first signs of
protein becoming a large part of our diet, compared to australiopithicens the
brain size doubled
5 Primate Synapomorphies - ✅✅ -prehensile hands with divergent thumb,
prehensile feet with divergent big toe, flattened nails, large apical pads on tips of
fingers, forward facing eyes
Acheulean tools - ✅✅-Hand axe tools, sharper and more specific for hunting.
Action of gluteal muscles in chimps versus hominins - ✅✅-chimps extensors,
humans abductors
Alfre Russel Wallace - ✅✅-also independently came up with natural selection
✅✅-Different forms of a gene
Allele -
Anthropology - ✅✅-the study of human nature, human society, and the human
past
✅✅-Greek philosopher
Aristotle -
Catastrophism - ✅✅-theory that states that natural disasters such as floods
and volcanic eruptions shaped Earth's landforms and caused extinction of some
species
Could australopithecines still climb trees? - ✅✅-Yes, but they were habitually
bipedal
Darwin's three postulates - ✅✅ -1. Variation exists
2. Variation is heritable
3. There is a struggle for existence
, Do non-human primates possess theory of mind? - ✅✅-Yes, to an extent,
tactical deception
✅✅
Do non-human primates understand third party relationships? example -
-Yes, kin recognition, altruism
dominant allele - ✅✅-An allele whose trait always shows up in the organism
when the allele is present.
Endurance Running Hypothesis - ✅✅ -The belief that human anatomical and
behavioral traits have been evolutionarily selected by the need for intense and/or
long duration physical activity like distance running
Ethnoprimatology - ✅✅-the study of the interface between human and ape
communities
Evolution -✅✅-change in allele frequencies in a population over time
Features that identify Bipedality - ✅✅-foramen magnum location, pelvic bowl,
values knee, etc.
First stone tools - ✅✅-Oldowan, cores and flakes, 2.6 mya, found in Olduvai
Gorge
four mechanisms of evolution - ✅✅-mutation, gene flow, genetic drift, natural
selection
Four subfields of anthropology - ✅✅ -Archaeology, Biological Anthropology,
Cultural Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology
Gene - ✅✅-A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait
Heterozygous genotype - ✅✅-A genotype with two different alleles
Hominoidea - ✅✅-apes and humans
