Anthropology Chapter 1 Quiz

Which of the following is not generally considered one of the fields of anthropology?

Applied

________ is the subdiscipline of osteology that is concerned with disease and trauma in earlier populations.

Paleopathology

A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring is called

a species.

Forensic anthropologists

apply anthropological techniques to the law.

The term evolution refers to

changes in the genetic make-up of a population from one generation to the next. the process of speciation. ongoing biological processes, including genetic changes within populations and the appearance of new species. all of these the process of speciation, AND ongoing biological processes, including genetic changes within populations and the appearance of new species

The applied branch of archaeology that evaluates sites threatened with destruction is

cultural resource management

The strategy humans developed that helped them to adapt to the natural environment is

culture.

Ethnographies

emphasize, among other topics, subsistence strategies, religion, and ritual

At present, the members of the family hominin includes

humans

A hypothesis

is a provisional statement regarding certain scientific facts or observations.

Human evolution

is subject to the same forces that have acted upon other organisms.

Archaeology

is the study of earlier human groups as evidenced by cultural remains.

The subdiscipline of anthropology concerned with various aspects of human language is called

linguistic anthropology

Primatology is the study of

nonhuman primates.

The subfield of physical anthropology that is concerned with the study of human evolution as evidenced in the fossil record is

paleoanthropology

The term biocultural evolution refers to

the interaction between biology and culture in human evolution.