ANTH B1 InQuizitive Chapter 1. What Is Physical Anthropology?
Place the following hypotheses about bipedalism in chronological order of when they were proposed.
Bipedalism is linked to a shift from life in the trees to life on the ground. The first hominins arose in the open grasslands of Africa from some apelike animal that was formerly arboreal. Early hominins lived in woodlands and spent a lot of time in trees, holding on to branches, moving from limb to limb.
Which of the following are the six key attributes that make humans unique among primates? Drag them to the Correct Answer(s) box, and drag the rest to the Incorrect Answer(s) box.
Correct Answer(s) bipedalism nonhoning chewing complex material culture and tool use speech dependence on domesticated foods for most populations habitual and intensive hunting Incorrect Answer(s) quadrupedalism no hyoid bone canine diastema
Which of the following things do physical anthropologists study?
Correct Answer(s) bones and teeth genetic history the social behavior of nonhuman primates the origins of language and speech Incorrect Answer(s) how learning how to dress is transmitted from generation to generation
What makes human learning particularly unique?
Correct Answer(s) Humans pass information and culture from generation to generation. Incorrect Answer(s) Human individuals can independently acquire all of the complex information that they need to survive. Humans can remember things. Humans are the smartest animals.
Match each branch, or subdiscipline, of anthropology to its description.
Correct label: physical anthropology the study of the evolution, variation, and adaptation of humans and their past and present relatives linguistic anthropology the study of the construction, use, and form of language in human populations cultural anthropology the study of modern human societies through the analysis of the development and variation of culture archaeology the study of historic or prehistoric human populations through the analysis of artifacts and other material remains
What do scientists call the evidence that they gather?
Data
Darwin's theory regarding the origin of bipedalism was ultimately accepted and remains central to our thinking about human evolution today.
False
Science is limited to the knowledge of facts about the natural world.
False
Place the following steps in order.
Hypothesis is formed. Hypothesis is tested. Observations are explained. Results of future investigations are predicted. Theory is accepted.
A scientific - does not address larger questions about why a natural action takes place.
Law
Determine whether the following examples are primarily biological science or social science.
SOCIAL SCIENCE: A physical anthropologist conducts interviews about how individuals in a family divide up food for each meal. A physical anthropologist asks her study subjects to report how they breast feed their babies. A physical anthropologist considers how a disease spreads based on how often family members interact. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE: A physical anthropologist collects samples to obtain genetic information from the feces of a gorilla. A physical anthropologist measures the bones of an early hominin. A physical anthropologist compares the teeth of a skeleton to police dental records to identify the remains of the deceased.
Why did our ancestors' honing canine disappear?
They developed the ability to make and use tools for processing food.
Which of the following are subjects of scientific laws?
gravity motion thermodynamics
What did Charles Darwin hypothesize about the origin of bipedalism?
it was caused by the shift from life in the trees to life on the ground
Place the steps of the scientific method in order.
observations hypothesis predictions test
Match the following terms to their definitions.
scientific theory an explanation as to why a natural phenomenon takes place scientific hypothesis a testable statement that attempts to explain an observation in the natural world scientific law a statement of irrefutable truth regarding some action or actions that occur in the natural world
A honing canine is used by apes to
shred plant material