Introduction - Table 1-Table 1

Question 1

Biological Anthropology

Answer 1

The study of humans as biological organisms, considered in an evolutionary framework; called physical anthropology

Question 2

Hominin

Answer 2

A member of the primate family Hominidae; bipedal posture, large brain in evolved species.

Question 3

Adaptation

Answer 3

A trait that increases the reproductive success of an organism, produced by natural selection in the context of a particular environment.

Question 4

Anthropology

Answer 4

The study of humankind in a cross-cultural context. Anthropology includes: cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology.

Question 5

Culture

Answer 5

The sum total of learned traditions, values, and beliefs that groups of people and highly intelligent animals possess.

Question 6

Primate

Answer 6

Member of the mammalian order Primates, including prosimians, monkeys, apes, and humans, defined by a suite of anatomical and behavioral traits.

Question 7

Evolution

Answer 7

A change in frequency of a gene or a trait in a population over multiple generations.

Question 8

Biocultural Anthropology

Answer 8

The study of the interaction between biology and culture, which plays a role in most human traits.

Question 9

Cultural Anthropology

Answer 9

The study of human societies especially in a cross-cultural context; the subdivision of anthropology that includes ethnology, archaeology, and linguistics.

Question 10

Ethnology

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The study of human societies, their traditions, rituals, beliefs, and the difference between societies in these traits.

Question 11

Ethnography

Answer 11

The practice of cultural anthropology. Ethnographers study the minute-to-minute workings of human societies, especially non-Western societies.

Question 12

Linguistic Anthropology

Answer 12

The study of language, its origins, and use; also called anthropological linguistics.

Question 13

Archaeology

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The study of material culture of past peoples.

Question 14

Artifacts

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The objects, from tools to art, left by earlier generations of people.

Question 15

Material Culture

Answer 15

The objects or artifacts of past human societies.

Question 16

Paleoanthropology

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The study of the fossil record of ancestral humans and their primate kin.

Question 17

Osteology

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The study of the skeleton.

Question 18

Paleopathology

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The study of diseases in ancestral human populations.

Question 19

Bioarchaeology

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The study of human remains in an archaeological context.

Question 20

Forensic Anthropology

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The study of human remains applied to a legal context.

Question 21

Primatology

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The study of nonhuman primates and their anatomy, genetics, behavior, and ecology.

Question 22

Human Biology

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Subfield of biological anthropology dealing with human growth and development, adaptation to environmental extremes, and human genetics.

Question 23

Physical Anthropology

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The study of humans as biological organisms, considered in an evolutionary framework.