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Exam 1 Study Guide

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What is Anthropology?   show
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show A provisional explanation of a phenomenon. It must be tested and verified. ***If a hypothesis cannot be falsified, it is accepted as a theory!***  
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What is a theory?   show
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What does Physical Anthropology deal with?   show
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show 1. Natural Selection. 2. Mutation. 3. Gene Flow. 4. Genetic Drift ("Founders Effect")  
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What are the 4 Components of Darwin's concept of Natural Selection?   show
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What is Sexual Dimorphism?   show
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What Kingdom do Humans belong to?   show
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show Primate  
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What Family do Humans belong to? (Walk on two legs)   show
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show Homo  
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show Sapiens  
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What primary tool did Homo habilis use?   show
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show Hand axe  
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show 1. Physical 2. Archaeology 3. Linguistics 4. Cultural  
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show Life is dynamic, not static. (always changes, doesn't stay the same) Referred to this as "evolution"  
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show Proposed the idea of Uniformitarianism  
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Who proposed the idea of Catastrophism?   show
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show The study of processes that have affected organic materials after death.  
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Who believed the Earth was created October 23, 4004 BC?   show
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Who was the first to classify humans, apes, and monkeys in the same order?   show
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Who wrote an essay on the Principle of Population?   show
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show Species that produce more offspring than will survive.  
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