Overview of Anthropology

Question 1

Anthrompometry

Answer 1

Used to measure living
human beings for the purpose
of classification and comparison
of human races

Question 2

Paleontology

Answer 2

The study of the development
of life on earth, including
plants and animals. (has an “on”)

Question 3

Human Ecology

Answer 3

The study of how mankind relates to its environment.

Question 4

Osteology

Answer 4

The scientific study of the

human skeleton.

Question 5

Paleoanthropology

Answer 5

The study of humans from prehistory

to the modern world (4 o’s)

Question 6

Paleopathology

Answer 6

The study of human skeletons to
determine the presence of disease
or injuries, which also traces disease
and injury in human skeletons. (has a path)

Question 7

Primatology

Answer 7

The study of how primates
such as apes and monkeys
are related to the development
of human beings.

Question 8

Forensic Anthropology

Answer 8

The use of modern scientific
procedures in a court of law
to determine the identification
of deceased individuals.