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DSST General Anthropology

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1. (Veblen): Display of wealth by its owner for social prestige






2. Lemurs - monkeys - Apes and humans. Prehensile/Grasping hands..Some-opposable thumb - larger males than females. flat fingernails.






3. The process by which a living organism adapts to its environment.






4. The living world. the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist






5. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical characteristics that larger brains - binocular vision - parental care - longer gestational period - slower maturation.






6. 40 -000 to 8000 B.C. homo sapiens. Found in France. Brain size 1 -400cc. Created art. paleolithic.






7. Africa: Jackals=Dogs. Donkeys - cats. (entered religious thought - animistic philosphy of Egypt) - Neolithic






8. Also known as 'biological anthropology -' studies the mechanisms of biological evolution - genetic inheritance - human adaptability and variation - primatology - and the fossil record of human evolution.






9. A polygamous mating system involving one female and many males.






10. Eg - Barter. Scarce goods from one group are exchanged for desirable goods from another group. Giver tries to come out on top. Ultimate form = taking by force.






11. Ancestors to modern gorillas - chimpanzees - orangutans and humans who diverged 30 million years ago from monkeys. Characteristics include: large - strong jaw - large brain and partially erect posture.






12. Mobile Foragers (Eskimo) combine nuclear families. Don't allow accumulated wealth - prize generosity - equality of resources






13. Traces back to ONE person






14. The commonness of the occurrence of any particular allele in a population (a fraction)






15. The 2nd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (Domestication of animals - cultivation)






16. Old Stone Age. 2.5 mya - 2kya. Chipped stone tools. earliest human ancestors. pleistocene.






17. Category of individuals who enjoy equal prestige according to a society. (Perception of class is relative). Economics - social status - aesthetic preferences - behavior - occupation - appearance - civic involvement






18. Symbols that provide info about a person or object (red light=danger)






19. Platyrrhini - south america - small mammals - tree dwellers - prehensile tails - noctural - monogamous (gibbons - marmosets)






20. A subdivision within the primate order based on shared anatomical primitive traits: side eyes - wet nose - nocturnal - dental combs






21. (some people do it differently) Sex roles - religion - age roles






22. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






23. (Middle Stone Age): 10kya. Hunter/Gatherer (w/ fish). Baskets - Pots - - harpoons - canoes - store food. Holocene. Not much development in art - focused on inventions - diversification of subsistence strategies






24. Action - research & development - community - advocacy - cultural/social marketing






25. Earliest known bipedal hominid with ape like brain - ex. Lucy 3.2 mya. 400cc brain. Africa.






26. 'Verbal Evaluation - Patterns of Association - symbolic Indicators(wealth/dress/job)'. Haviland






27. Family that raised you






28. Milan (1957) probe penetrates burial chambers and photographs walls and contents.






29. USA/Mexico/C. Am. Corn (maize) - beans - squash 6500BC (village life not until 2k BC).- Neolithic






30. All cultures accept. But only 20% of societies are considered strictly monogamous (one marriage per lifetime)






31. Scarcity - Supply & Demand - Self-interest - personal gain - rational decision-making. Economy can be analyzed independent of other social structures and institutions.Emph: Choice of Indiv actor






32. Associated with Julian Steward - study of adaptation of social culture to natural resources and other human groups.






33. The elementary structure. all cultural systems are built is a set of four types of organically linked relationships: brother/sister - husband/wife - father/son - and mother's brother/sister's son. (Levi-Strauss).






34. Early humans and human like creature. Erect - large complex brain - tool-using - community organization.






35. Melanesia (SW Pacific WWII+). Western goods created by ancestral spirits (intended for them - but controlled by whites).






36. Specialization in Indus Socs. Not in Tribal Socs (age/gender decides who does what). Amazon tribes specialize though






37. The earliest member of the genus Homo - ape-like - found on sites dating 2mya Dr. Leakey in Olduvai Gorge - Africa. 775cc brain (1/2 sapien) tool users. Lived 50 -000 years. 'handy man'






38. The study of how people use language in context - how utterances are used - either figuratively or literally - in communicative acts.






39. Improve welfare of people in underdeveloped countries (usually through economic growth).






40. Ritual in Japan/Samurai - boys 12-16 - temple - adult clothes/hair






41. States (see themselves as manipulating their environment - controlling it - dominating it - for self-interest).






42. The 1st in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. (hunter-gatherer - hordes - no class - no ownership).






43. Acting as a communiction link between producers and users of new technology






44. Large neolithic farming village in Turkey during 6700 B.C. - 5700 B.C.






45. Describe behavior in terms familiar to the observer (enables comparative research - and making universal claims)






46. Lord owned the land. Allocated land to Nobles (for loyalty/mil service). Serfs/slaves=Actually Part of the Property






47. Ancient Roman patrilineal clan that shared the same surname - and a legendary common ancestor (worshipped)






48. An impersonal supernatural force that flows in and out of people and objects






49. Strong social prohibition. Abhorrent to society. Eg - Hinduism: killing the co






50. Things all people do the same way (language)