Scientists/ Anthropologists Flashcards
(8 cards)
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Charles Darwin
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- theory of evolution
- theory of natural selection
2
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Raymond dart
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-first to put forth the idea that a small brained creature walked upright
3
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Louis Leakey
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-responsible for sending women into the field to study primates
4
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Jane Goodall
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- primatologists
- lived with chimpanzees and studied their behavior
5
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Mary Leakey
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-discovered boisei and famous anthropologists
6
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Donald johanson
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-famous for discovering Lucy
7
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Richard leaky
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- Turkana boy
- son of the Leakey’s
8
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Gregor Mendel
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- theory of genetics; dominant and recessive genes are passed
- studied tea plants