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30 Cards in this Set
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charles lyell
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theory of uniformitarianism ( just how old the earth is)
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thomas malthus
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concerned w/relationship of human population growth to food supplies
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charles lyell
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theory of uniformitarianism ( just how old the earth is)
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thomas malthus
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concerned w/relationship of human population growth to food supplies
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Linnaeus
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made the classification system for plants and animals, put humans in
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Erasmus Darwin
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expressed evolution in a verse
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wallace
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uncovered the key to the evolutionary process
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Cuvier
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came up w/catastrophism: no ancient organisms because a huge flood, fire, earthquake destroyed it
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adaptive trait
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traits that have proved to be the most successful and therefore adaptive
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adaptive trait
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a trait that has been adapted so therefore was the most successful
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lactose intolerance/culture
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no simple genetic trait accounts for tolerance, it is a phenotypical adaptation to the enviorment (occurs during lifetime)
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melanin
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the more melanin the more you are protected from the sun--dark skinned
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vitamin d
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is naturally produced by the body but when exposed to the sun
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rickets
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when the body is not exposed to the sun enough, nutritional disease, softens/deforms bones, worse for dark skinned
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hypervitaminosis
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too much vitamin D, can cause calcium build up on soft tissues, occurs more on light skinned
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sickle-cell anemia and the enviorment
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HB A is normal hemaglobin, HB S not normal, HB A have higher risk of getting malaria, HB S less risk but will die of anemia
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homologies
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from common ancestories
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analogies
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from experiencing same conditions and having to adapt to them
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"Toumai"
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found in chad, africa. possibly the oldest human ancestor yet found, missing link
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primatology
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the study of non-human primates
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primate characteristics
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grasping, smell-sight, nose-hand, complex, parental involvement,sociality
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giantopithecus
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"big foot", miocene ape
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out of africa/complete replacement
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AMH came out of only africa (homo erectus came out, then AMH replaced them)
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regional continuity/multi. reg.
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homo erectus were everywhere just became AMH through )ex:sex w/other pop.)
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wallace
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came up with the theory of natural selection
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upper paleolithic technologies
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located in upper sediementary, emphasized blade tools, more efficient
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interglacials
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long warm periods between the major glacials, can be dated to
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glacials
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major advances of continental ice sheets in europe and north america, can be dated to
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clovis
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tradition where apoint was attached to the end of a spear
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homo floresiensis
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species new found homo species found in Flores, small 3-3 1/2ft, coexisted w/modern humans
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