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20 Cards in this Set
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Order, genus, species |
Primate, homo, sapiens. *we are the only surviving member of our genus |
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Primate features (prosimians, monkeys, apes) |
Grasping Hands Flat face, eyees forwards excellent vision monkeys/apes - social prosimians - not |
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Human characteristics! |
Brain Bipedal walking Reproductive patterns Behavioral patterns |
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Brain |
Size (allometry), neocortex (sight and hearing, thought and language, most evolved, we have more), energy needs (brain uses 20% of metabolic energy) |
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Allometry |
different body parts grow at different rates, so larger species appear to have smaller brain/body ratio However - humans have a brain 3x bigger than a primate our size would have |
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Bipedal Walking |
Upright, two feet, anatomical differences (toes, spine promote balance, makes childbirth harder |
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Reproductive Patterns |
Hidden estrus, males and females are relatively same size, no big canine teeth, secondary sexual characteristics (boobs, big dick, orgasms face each other, emotional bond Childbirth - hard, needs assistance, too early (should b born at 11mo) |
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Behavioral Patterns |
Socially mediated mating; marriage; integrated male & female social groups; monogamy; families |
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Biological Anthropology |
Population genetics, primatology, paleantology, human variation, apes |
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Linguistics |
Capacity for language, universal grammar, vanishing languages |
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Archaeology |
Digging up bones, specializing in one area, hoping to uncover history & new ideas about what we once were |
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Cultural Anthropology |
Any topic about human expression or social organization in present day using anthropology's distinctive methods Field work, participant observation, ethnography |
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Anthropology |
Theoretical commitment to studying change through time (Evolution) How people govern/regulate themselves related to humans as a natural type |
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Fieldwork |
Live alone, immersed in another culture for a year hang out, write notes, know what to look for background research |
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Participant Observation |
Get in a position where you do things with people and don't just watch them archival research |
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Ethnography |
Open ended interview; not a questionairre but speaking at length Survey/structured interviews = statistical data |
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Jean Briggs |
Immersed herself in an eskimo culture (but didn't eat the right food :/), changed her research topic based on the research she conducted. Studied the behavioral patterns of eskimos and their natural lack of showing emotion |
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Ape and human differences |
Abstraction - use of past & future, specific objects from numbers/words, natural use of symbols, emotional control, social cooperation |
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Emotional control |
Much more aggressive and impulsive than humans |
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Social Cooperation |
Small talk, turn-taking, teaching, pointing, cheering other people on, triangle of attention |
