Exam 1 Flashcards
(20 cards)
What is biological anthropology?
the study of human kind viewed from the perspective of all people and all times
what qualifies as “human” history
- All of the collective experiences of our biological ancestors
- all of the creators to whom we are closely related
what is culture and what does it include
it is learned behavior that is transmitted from person to person
what does culture include
includes strategies for dealing with the natural environment
4 subfields of cultural anthropology
- Archeology
- linguistics
- social/cultural
- physical/biological
applied archeology
using specialized knowledge to help solve a cultures specific problem
5 subfields of physical anthropology
- Paleanthropology
- Paleopathology
- Primatology
- Osteology
- Forensic Anthropology
what is science? what type of experiments are there? which ois the better expriement?
Science uses experiments, and anything without experiments isn’t science
Types of Experiments
Controlled vs. Natural
Which is better?
Science is objective and Universal – The Scientific Method
what is scientific method
Process for experimentation to explore observations and answer questions (hypothesis, experiment, date/conclusion, results)
what are hypothesis
ideas that lack supporting data
what are theories
have been tested to the extent that the outcome is no doubt
what is taxonomy and who created taxonomy
- study of organisms, their classifications, and relationship to one another
- Ray Linneus
what is biology and ecology
- (Evolutionary) study of how organisms change over time
- How organsims interact with there environment
who was lamark? and wehat did he argue
Created biology and argued that plants and animals changed overtime. proposed mechanchism that inheritance of acquired characteristics
Who created Geology and what is unifomization
- Lyell
- Geological strata and time depth rely on the assumption that the process that occur today are the same that have occurred in the past
Know planteology Hooke
invented the microscope and discovered that fossils were once living things
Cuvier paleontology
proposed that fossils were from organsims that no longer existed. Also discovered that diffferent fossils could be found in different geological strata
what is catastrophism
changes the earths crust during geological history happened during sudden violent and usual events
Who invented demography
Thomas Malthus
what is population control and the struggle of existence
- Population are limited by there resources
- Struggle for existence with only certain individuals surviving and reproducing
