Anthropology Test 1 Basics

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Anthropology

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The study of human cultural and biological variation

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Cultural Anthropology

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study of culture among present day people

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Archaeology

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Study of past human societies through analysis of artifacts

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Linguistic Anthropology

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study of human speech and language

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Biological (physical) Anthropology

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study of human biology and variation from an evolutionary perspective

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Human Biology

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study of biology of living human populations

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Primatology

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Study of non-human primates

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Paleoanthropology

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study of primate fossil record

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Skeletal Biology

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study of growth and development, bone remodeling, age changes, sexual dimorphism, and population variation

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Paleopathology

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study of disease in past human populations

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Forensic anthropology

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determines aspects of a person's life from their skeleton

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Ethnography

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detailed study of human society

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Bioarchaeology

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study of human remains in an archaeological context

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Ethnology

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comparative studies of various cultures

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Holistic

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the study of the whole of the human condition: past, present, and future; biology, society, language, and culture

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Urban anthropology

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deals with issues in contemporary metro areas

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Medical Anthropology

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study of relationship between cultural attributes and health and disease

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Applied Anthropology

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practical application of the method and theory of anthropology

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Descriptive linguistics

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study of linguistic structure

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Sociolinguistics and linguistic ethnography

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study of language use in actual situations

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language origins

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study of biological underpinnings of human language and communication

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historical linguistics

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study of linguistic change (extinct and existing)

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perhistoric archaeology

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concerned with cultures prior to advent of written records

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historical anthropology

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use of written records to help search for artifacts

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Culture

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learned and socially transmitted behavior

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Human genetics

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study of genetic structure of human groups

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Paleogenomics

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Study of ancient DNA

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Human Osteology

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study of human bones

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Human adaptation

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Study of how people have adapted biologically to extremes

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Nutritional Anthropology

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study of diet, culture, evolution

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Science

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understanding of natural phenomena through observation and experimentation

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data

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emperically observed information from populations or individuals

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quantification of data

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expression of data numerically

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Scientific method

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hypothesis, scientific testing, theory

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essentialism

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everything in nature has it's place (linnaeus)

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immutability

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things do not change (linnaeus)

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Taxonomy

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relies on a system of hierarchy to classify organisms (linnaeus)

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Hierarchy

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not a single chain (linnaeus)

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Binomial nomenclature

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homo sapiens (linnaeus)

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molecular genetics

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the study of DNA, RNA, proteins

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Mendelian genetics

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the study of how genes are inherited

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population genetics

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the study of how genes behave in a population