Scientists/ Anthropologists Flashcards

(8 cards)

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Charles Darwin

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  • theory of evolution

- theory of natural selection

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Raymond dart

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-first to put forth the idea that a small brained creature walked upright

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Louis Leakey

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-responsible for sending women into the field to study primates

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Jane Goodall

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  • primatologists

- lived with chimpanzees and studied their behavior

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Mary Leakey

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-discovered boisei and famous anthropologists

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6
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Donald johanson

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-famous for discovering Lucy

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Richard leaky

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  • Turkana boy

- son of the Leakey’s

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Gregor Mendel

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  • theory of genetics; dominant and recessive genes are passed
  • studied tea plants
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