Reading Guide Chapter 1 Vocab

Question 1

paleoanthropologist

Answer 1

the study of the earliest humans and their environments

Question 2

myth

Answer 2

an interpretive story of the past that cannot be verified historically but may have a deep moral message

Question 3

caste

Answer 3

a hierarchical ordering of people into groups, fixed from birth, based on their inherited ritual status and determining whom they may marry and with whom they may eat

Question 4

teleology

Answer 4

the philosophical study of final causes or purposes; everything in the universe has a purpose

Question 5

Charles Darwin

Answer 5

A British naturalist of the nineteenth century. He and others developed the theory of evolution which forms the basis of modern life sciences

Question 6

Homo Habilis

Answer 6

an extinct hominid that is associated with crude stone tools, estimated to have flourished 1.6 to 2 million years ago, is believed to be the predecessor of Homo erectus.

Question 7

Exogamy

Answer 7

the custom of marrying outside a community, clan, or tribe.

Question 8

Homo Erectus

Answer 8

the earliest form of homo sapiens