ANTH-001 :: CH 1

______ is the practical application of the subfields of anthropology.

Applied anthropology

Which is not true about paleoanthropology?

It includes the fossils of ancient reptiles and amphibians.

Which is not an important aspect of human culture?

It is a strategy that includes various technologies, but fortunately excludes language and kinship rules which are always changing

____________ is the study of anatomical and behavior human evolution as evidenced by the fossil record.

Paleoanthropology

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

Paleopathology

Which of the following is not one of the subfields of anthropology in the United States?

Psychological

Which of the following is not an important reason why primatology has become increasingly important since the late 1950s?

Recommendations can be made to better ensure treatment of humans

Fields of inquiry fundamental to studies of adaptation in modern human populations include

Traits that typify certain populations that have evolved as biological adaptation to environment, e.g. sunlight, altitude, or infectious disease

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

a species

_______ focuses on the study of skeletal remains from archaeological sites.

bioarchaeology

Culture, as defined in Chapter 1

can be defined as the strategy by which humans adapt to the natural environment

The term evolution refers to

changes in the genetic make-up of a population from one generation to the next

What strategy is unique to humans develop that allows them to adapt to the natural environment?

culture

Ethnographies

emphasize, among other topics, religion, ritual, myth, diet, gender roles, and child-rearing practices

Approximately 3.7 million years ago, two or three hominins left their footprints across the savanna of modern day Tanzania, clear evidence that

hominins walked bipedally

Human evolution

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

Cultural anthropology

is the study of the patterns of belief and behavior found in modern and historical cultures.

Which subdiscipline of anthropology is concerned with various aspects of human language?

linguistic anthropology

Primatology is the study of

living nonhuman primates

The order Primates includes all of the following except

marsupials

Which of the following includes genetic-alterations within populations?

microevolution

The study of human biology within the framework of human evolution can be said to be the domain of which of the following?

physical/biological anthropology

Which of the following was one of the most observable physical differences in physical anthropologists' early studies of human variation?

shape of head and face

Archaeologists

study earlier human groups using artifacts and structures as their evidence

What does the term biocultural evolution refer to?

the interaction between biology and culture in human evolution

The origins of physical anthropology arose from two areas of interest among 19th century scientists. What did these areas concern?

the origins of modern species and human variation

Today, cultural anthropologists are involved in numerous avenues of research including all of the following except

the study of city or urban areas that are no longer remote