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the process of mitosis in humans produces
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body cells
somatic cells |
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non random mating among humans is also called
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natural selection
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the earliest primates originated during what epoch?
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paleocene
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the primary adaptive mechanism of humans is
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culture
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the feature that best separates the Plio-Pleistocene hominids from later members of Homo is the Plio-Pleistocene hominids'
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small brain size
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anterior teeth consist of
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canines and incissors
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the occipital bun is typical of
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Archaic Homo Sapiens
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The stone tool culture of some of the Plio-Pleistocene hominids is the
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Olduwan
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Encephalization
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increase in the size and complexity of the brain
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the principle that states that the lower the stratum is the earlier it occurred is called
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the Law of Superposition
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List the four major human evolutionary grades
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Earliest hominids
homo erectus archaic homo sapiens modern homo sapiens |
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List two kinds of toruses displayed by Homo Erectus
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supraorbital
nuchal |
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Three "scars" of human evolution associated with bipedalism
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milk leg of pregnancy
back problems vericose veins |
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Stone tool industry of H. Erectus
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Achulean
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Stone tool industry of Archaic Homo Sapiens
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Mousterian
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Types of dating used for volcanic material
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Potassium-Argon
Fission-Track |
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Epochs of the Cenozoic Era
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Pliestocene, Pliocene, Miocene, Oligocene, Eocene
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What did primates develop from?
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Insectivore Stock
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Who created the Arboreal Theory/ What is it?
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Wood Jones, dependence on site- primates adapted to pursue and arboreal lifestyle.
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Who created the Visual Predation theory/ What is it?
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Cartmill- characteristics in primates evolved to enable them to prey on insects on lower layer branches.
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Who is the first primate?
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Purgatorius
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What primate form lead to the moder orangutan?
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Sivapithecus
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How does the neurocranium differ in modern homo sapiens than archaics?
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Modern homo sapiens neurocranium is shorter, higher and narrower.
They have a smaller supraorbital torus, and large mastoids. |
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Recent African Hypothesis
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Chris Stringer- originated first in South Africa then spread, replacing indigineous archaic homo sapiens. NO inter breeding.
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Multi-Regional evolution
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Milfred Wolpoff- relatively independent events, caused by new technology. Replacement of morphology by tools.
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