Physical Anthro Exam 1

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Natural Selection works..

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on a population, not an individual

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3 parts of Natural Selection

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Variability
Selective Pressure
Differential Reproduction

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Theory

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hypothesis that has been repeatedly tested and proven correct

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Discoverers of DNA structure

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Watson & Crick

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Nucleotide consists of...

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a single base, sugar, and phosphate unit

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Codon

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sequence of three nucleotide bases that codes for a single Amino Acid

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mRNA travels from the cell's nucleus to...

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ribosome to be translated to tRNA

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Aa

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heterozygous

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Gemetogenesis leads to...

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sex cells

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Recombination occurs often during meiosis and is a source of human variation (T/F)?

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TRUE

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Homodant teeth is not a ...trait

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mammalian

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locomotion of great apes

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quadrapedal knucklewalking

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Prehensile tail

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New World Monkey

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Sits on Rump Pad

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Old World Monkey

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Toothcomb and grooming claw

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Prosimian

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Brachiates and no tail

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Lesser Ape

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Old World Monkey dental formula

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2-1-2-3

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Why are teeth commonly studied?

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They are genetically stable and are shared/derived traits

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Hypocone

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tooth cusp that is distal-lingual upper molar cusp and is a shared derived trait of primates

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Diastema

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Larger than normal space between teeth, seen near the canine teeth in many primates

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Tooth complex where upper canine is sharpened by lower sectorial premolar

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Honing Triad

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First fossil monkey(Antrhopoid) found

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Aegyptopithecus

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Plesiadapis from Paleocene(65mya)

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dental primate, shares hypocone w/ primates but nothing else

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Taxonomy

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system for classification of animals

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Adaptive Radiation

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spreading out of species into new available niches, usually caused by climate change

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Prosimians

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Dental:36, 2-1-3-3, tooth comb
Locomotion:vertical climbing & leaping
Characteristics:claws, sharp teeth
Example:lemur

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New World Monkey

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Dental: 36, 2-1-3-3
Locomotion:vertical climbing & leaping
Tail:Prehensile tail
Example:Spider monkey

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Old World Monkey

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Dental:32,2-1-2-3
Locomotion:Quadrapedal
Tail:long
Characteristics: rump pads
EX:babboon

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Lesser Apes

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Dental:32,2-1-2-3
Locomotion:brachiating, bipedal
No Tail
Characteristics: reduced thumb
EX:gibbons

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Greater Apes

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Dental:32,2-1-2-3
Locomotion:knuckle walking
no tail
Most intelligent
EX:gorilla, chimps, orangutans

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Eocene(Adapid)

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Primates of modern aspect

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Oligocene(Aegyptopithecus)

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First Anthropoids

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Miocene(Sivapithecus)

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Radiation of apes

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Proximal

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closer to origin of body part or point of attachment

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Distal

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farther from the origin of body part or pt. of attachment

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Superior

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toward the head end or upper part of body structure

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Inferior

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away from the head end of lower part of structure

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Lateral

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away from the midline of the body

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Medial

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toward or at the middle of the body

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Anterior
Posterior

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front of body
back of the body

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Evolution(def.)

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descent with modification

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How did world begin?

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Spontaneously forming molecules

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Who begun antrho?

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Franz Boaz

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Function(def.)

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describes the structure and operations of an organism or as parts

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Earliest form of life

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molecules

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2 processes that occur in DNA

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replication, protein synthesis

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Biggest source of variability in people

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mutation

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Chief agency in causing change in evolution?

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Natural Selection

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Alleles are...

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alternate forms of a gene

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What is Anthropology

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study of humans/primates

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Genetic Drift

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accident that removes a small infrequent gene from a population

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When looking @ evolutionary relationships, considered _____ not _____ characteristics

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derived not primitive

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Humans and chimps share what percentage of genetic material

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98.5%

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What two things are preserved the best on the human body

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teeth and bones

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reptiles have this type of dentition

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homodant

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insectivores have...

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sharp teeth/sheer

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Origin of primates

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tree shrews

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A chromosome does what?

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carries genetic info on loci

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Genotype

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exact genetic makeup

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phenotype

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physical characteristics

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BB

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Homozygous dominant

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bb

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homozygous recessive

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Mitosis

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cell replication, replicates itself to make an exact copy

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Meiosis

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sex cell division

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Species

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closely related organisms that are genetically isolated