Biological Anthropology Chapter 1

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Primate

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Member of the mammalian order primates including prosimians, monkeys, apes, and humans, defined by a suite of anatomical and behavioral traits.

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Evolution

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a change in frequency of a gene or a trait in a population over multiple generatins

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Biological Anthropology

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the study of humans as biological organisms considered in an evolutionary framework, sometimes called physical anthropology

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hominid

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a member of the primate family hominidae, distinguished by bipedal posture and, in more recently evolved species large brains

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adaptation

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A trait that increases the reproductive success of an organism, produced by natural selection in the context of a particular enviroment

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paleoanthropology

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the study of the fossil record of ancestral humans and their primate kin

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osteology

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the study of the skeleton

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paleopathology

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the study of disease in ancestral human populations

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forensic anthropology

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the study of human remains applied to a legal context

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primatology

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the study of the nonhuman primates and their anatomy, genetics, behaviors and ecology

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human biology

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subfield of biological anthropology dealing with human growth and development, adaptation to environmental extremes and human genetics

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Physical anthropology

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the study of humans as biological organisms, considered in an evolutionary framework

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anthropology

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the study of humkankind in a cross-cultural context. Anthropology includes the subfields cultural, linguistic. archaeology, and biological

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culture

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the sum total of learned traditions, values, and beliefs that groups of people and a few species of highly intelligent animals possess

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biocultural anthropology

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the study of the interaction between biology and culture which plays a role in most human traits

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Cultural Anthropology

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The study of human societies, especially in a cross- cultural context; the subdivision of anthropology that includes ethnology, archeology and lingustics

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ethnology

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the study of human societies, their traditions, rituals, beliefs, and the differences between societies in there traits

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ethnography

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the practice of cultural anthropology. ethnographers study the minute to minute workings of human societies, especially non-Western societies

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archaeology

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the study of the material culture of past peoples

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artifacts

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The objects, from tools to art, left by earlier generations of people

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material culture

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the objects or artifacts of past human societies.

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linguistics

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the study of language, its origins, and use; also called anthropological linguistics