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23 Cards in this Set
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Bipedally
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On two feet. Walking habitually on two feet
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Species
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a group of oranisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring
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Hominims
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colloquial terms for members of the evolutionary group that includes modern humans and now extinct bipedal relatives
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Anthropology
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The field of inquiry that studies human culture and evolutionary aspects of human biology; includes cultural, archaeology, linguistic, physical/biological
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Primates
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members of the order of mammals primates
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Evolution
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A change in the genetic structure of population
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Adaption
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an anatomical, physiological or behavioral response of organisms or populations of the environment
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Genetic
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having to do with the study of gene structure and action and the patterns of inheritance of traits from parents to offspring
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Culture
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Behavioral aspects of human adaption, including technology, tradition, language, religion, etc.; learned behavior from one generation to the next
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Worldview
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general culture orientation or perspective shared by members of a society
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Bicultural Evolution
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The mutual, interactive evolution of human biology and culture; the concept that biology makes culture possible
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Applied anthropology
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practical application of anthropology and archaeology theories and techniques
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Ethnographies
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detailed descriptive studies of human society
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Subsistence Strategies
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Activities and behavioral patterns aimed at obtaining food
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Paleoanthroplogy
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interdisciplinary approach to the study of early hominims
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Primate paleontology
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the study of fossil primates, especially those that lived before the appearance of hominims
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Anthropometry
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measurement of human body parts
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DNA
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double stranded molecule that contains genetic code
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Osteology
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study of skeletal marterial
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Paleopathology
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studies of evidence of disease and injury on the human skeletal
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Forensic anthropology
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approach dealing with legal matters
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Primatolgoy
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study of biology and behavior of non human primates
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Continuum
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a set of relationship in which all components fall along a single integrated spectrum
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