ANTH 161 EXAM 1 UOFSC QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
what was Gregor Mendel's contribution to science - Answers he worked out the principles of
inheritance
what are the four processes of evolution that change allele frequencies in populations -
Answers mutation, gene flow, genetic drift, and natural selection
what describes the spontaneous generation of new alleles - Answers mutation
what describes the transfer of alleles or genes from one population to another - Answers gene
flow
what describes the change in allele frequency due to random chance. specific examples of this
inclue Founder's Effect and fission - Answers genetic drift
what describes the gradual process by which heritable traits become either more or less
common in a population because of differential reproductive success of individuals within their
environment - Answers natural selection
what is the significance of the Dodo - Answers revealed that species can go extinct
what is anthropology - Answers study o humans/humankind from the perspective of all peoples
through time
what considers all aspects of human exitence to understand human variation and evolution,
including its past, present, biology, culture, and language. - Answers holistic
what are the 4 sub disciplines of anthro - Answers sociocultural, archaeology, linguistic and
physical/biological anthro
(applied anthro is sometimes considered a 5th)
what does sociocultural anthropology examine - Answers variations in cultural behaviors among
human populations (current & past)
what is the definition of culture - Answers learned bahvior transmitted from person to person -
includes social systems, economic systems, marriage customs, religion & philosophy
what is the archaeology - Answers study of cultural behaviors in the historic and prehistoric past
through analysis of the culture's material remains (via sites, features & artifacts)
what are features - Answers sites; formed or built by people, these "objects" cannot be moved
what are artifacts - Answers sites; transportable objects made and used by past people
(arrowheads, bowls, funerary items, art)
what are archaeologists interested in - Answers to understand past cultures
, what linguistic anthropolgy - Answers the study of the structure, evolution, and usage of
language in human socieities and its relation to culture
what is language - Answers a set of written or spoken symbols that refer to things (people,
places, concepts) other than themselves
what is biological (physical) anthro - Answers examines all aspects of present & past human
biology
what are two key concepts to go with the definition of biological anthro - Answers -everyone is a
product of evolutionary history
-everyone is a product of our own individual life history
what are the 6 subfields of biological anthro - Answers -skeletal biology/ paleopathology
-forensic anthro
-primatology
-human biology
-genetics
-paleoanthropology
what is the study of ancient humans, hominids (the remains of human-like beings), and the
evolutionary past of humankind - Answers paleoanthropology
what is forensic anthro - Answers human identification, skeletal biologists but in the medico-
legal context
what is primatology - Answers the study of our primate cousins, including lemurs, monkeys and
apes
what studies variation and in health in modern, living groups - Answers human biology
what are genetics - Answers studies relatedness, human variation at the genetic level, and
population movements
what makes us human - Answers -bipedalism
-non-honing canine
-material culture
-hunting
-speech
what was Gregor Mendel's contribution to science - Answers he worked out the principles of
inheritance
what are the four processes of evolution that change allele frequencies in populations -
Answers mutation, gene flow, genetic drift, and natural selection
what describes the spontaneous generation of new alleles - Answers mutation
what describes the transfer of alleles or genes from one population to another - Answers gene
flow
what describes the change in allele frequency due to random chance. specific examples of this
inclue Founder's Effect and fission - Answers genetic drift
what describes the gradual process by which heritable traits become either more or less
common in a population because of differential reproductive success of individuals within their
environment - Answers natural selection
what is the significance of the Dodo - Answers revealed that species can go extinct
what is anthropology - Answers study o humans/humankind from the perspective of all peoples
through time
what considers all aspects of human exitence to understand human variation and evolution,
including its past, present, biology, culture, and language. - Answers holistic
what are the 4 sub disciplines of anthro - Answers sociocultural, archaeology, linguistic and
physical/biological anthro
(applied anthro is sometimes considered a 5th)
what does sociocultural anthropology examine - Answers variations in cultural behaviors among
human populations (current & past)
what is the definition of culture - Answers learned bahvior transmitted from person to person -
includes social systems, economic systems, marriage customs, religion & philosophy
what is the archaeology - Answers study of cultural behaviors in the historic and prehistoric past
through analysis of the culture's material remains (via sites, features & artifacts)
what are features - Answers sites; formed or built by people, these "objects" cannot be moved
what are artifacts - Answers sites; transportable objects made and used by past people
(arrowheads, bowls, funerary items, art)
what are archaeologists interested in - Answers to understand past cultures
, what linguistic anthropolgy - Answers the study of the structure, evolution, and usage of
language in human socieities and its relation to culture
what is language - Answers a set of written or spoken symbols that refer to things (people,
places, concepts) other than themselves
what is biological (physical) anthro - Answers examines all aspects of present & past human
biology
what are two key concepts to go with the definition of biological anthro - Answers -everyone is a
product of evolutionary history
-everyone is a product of our own individual life history
what are the 6 subfields of biological anthro - Answers -skeletal biology/ paleopathology
-forensic anthro
-primatology
-human biology
-genetics
-paleoanthropology
what is the study of ancient humans, hominids (the remains of human-like beings), and the
evolutionary past of humankind - Answers paleoanthropology
what is forensic anthro - Answers human identification, skeletal biologists but in the medico-
legal context
what is primatology - Answers the study of our primate cousins, including lemurs, monkeys and
apes
what studies variation and in health in modern, living groups - Answers human biology
what are genetics - Answers studies relatedness, human variation at the genetic level, and
population movements
what makes us human - Answers -bipedalism
-non-honing canine
-material culture
-hunting
-speech
