In Class Notes Flashcards

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What is primatology?

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Stufdy of Biological/behavioural comparisons (shared traits or traits unique to humans)

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Different between historic and pre historic archaeology

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Historic is relaging to the emergance of written records (in last 5000 years)

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What is pseudopathology?

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The result of mechanicak forces after being burried (weight of earth, chemical erosion etc)

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What is palaeodemography?

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Specializes in large cemetaries.

Study of population dinamics(population growth/fertility/mortality)

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What is palaeonutrition?

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Reconstructing past diets

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