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13 Cards in this Set
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race |
invented in the 14th century, scientifically articulated in the 18th century, taxonomic approach criticized by Franz Boas |
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cline |
gradual change in some phenotypic characteristic from one population to the next |
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epiphyses |
end portions of the long bones; once they fuse to the diaphyses, bones stop growing |
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diaphyses |
main midsection or shaft portion of the long bones; each contains a medullary cavity
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Bergmann's Rule |
animal's size determined by heat; smaller bodies are adapted to hot environments |
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Allen's Rule |
animal's limb lengths determined by heat; limbs are longer in hot environments
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Wolff's Law |
homeostatic balance of osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity; bone mass is produced when needed and taken away when not, ie. occupation markers
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dental formula |
number of incisors, canines, premolars, and molars, ie. apes and humans = 2.1.2.3 |
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phylogeny |
evolutionary relationships based on shared characteristics
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platyrrhine |
New World monkeys-round nostrils, wide nasal septum -ceboids -cebids -atelids, prehensile tails
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catarrhine |
Old World monkeys-close, downward pointed nostrils |
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4 types of adaptation |
acclimatization- individual, not inherited, reversible developmental-individual level during growth, not inherited, irreversible cultural- use of material culture to make living possible in certain settings genetic- occurs at the population level, inherited, irreversible |
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Blumenbach |
German anatomist from 1700's, came up with biological race classification
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