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name the four branches of anthropology
- cultural
- archaeology
- linguistic
- physical (Biological )
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what is bio-cultural approach
the scientific study of the interrelationship between what humans have inherited genetically and culture.
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what is the father of anthropology?
Frank Boas
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How old was Darwin when he set sail to Galapagos island and how long was he there?
22, and there for 5weeks.
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What are the six attributes that differ humans from other animals?
- bipedalism (walk on two feet)
- non-honing chewing (process food)
- complex material culture (tools to create enviroments)
- tool use
- hunting
- speech
- dependence on domesticated foods
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What is the earliest stone dated?
2.6 Million Years Ago (MYA)
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What is yBP?
Years before present
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What are 4 scientific methods to know what we know?
- identifying the problem based on some earlier observations
- stating the hypohesis
- collecting the data (observations)
- testing the hypothesis: rejection, acceptance, or modification
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When was the earliest hominids to exist?
5.2-5.8mya
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Who developed scientific method?
Sir Francis bacon
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Who made the literal interpretation of the bible, prints a book called annals of the old testament, and says earth is static and the center of the universe?
Bishop James Ussher
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Who was the first to challenge the notion as earth being the center of the universe?
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Who saw the moons of Jupiter and was able to back Copernicuss theory?
Galileo Galilei
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Who determined earth surface changed and that the earth is very old and created uniformitarianism?
James Hutton
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Who resurrected Uniformitarianism and created principles of geology?
Charles Lyell
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Who studied tissue structure and determined fossils were once living?
Robert Hooke
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Who is the father of comparative anatomy and vertebrate paleontology and catastrophism?
Baron Georges Cuvier
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Who attempted to construct the best way to categorize organisms by paying close attention to detail and laid the foundation for taxonomy?
John Ray
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Who is the father of Taxonomy?
Carolus Linnaeus
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Who synthesized evolution?
Julian Huxley
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Who is the father of genetics?
Gregor Mendel
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What are some of Darwin's theories?
- Evolution had occurred
- evolution changes gradually
- evolution was a process called natural selection
- Millions of species originated from a single original life form through branching process called speciation
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When did Charles Darwin publish "on the orgin of species"?
November. 24, 1859
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Who urged Darwin to publish before Wallace?
Thomas Huxley
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Who relied heavily on Franklin & gosling unpublished work and created the structure of DNA?
James Watson & Francis Crick
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Who made x-ray defraction images of DNA and determined form of DNA?
Rosalind Franklin a& Raymond Gosling
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