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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Began 5k ya in Mesopotamia - Egypt - possible to create flood control plans. Later in India - China - then Europe.






2. 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.






3. One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic - such as hair color






4. The process of removing earth carefully and systemically from an area in order to find buried remains






5. With reference to the writing of P. Teilhard de Chardin - a stage - world or sphere of evolutionary development characterized by consciousness - the mind - information and interpersonal relationships.






6. The study of the patterns and distributions of speech sounds in a language and the tacit rules for their pronunciation.






7. Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law






8. Thinker. functionalism. religion. suicide






9. Chopper-chopping tool industry (Pebble Industry). Wood -bone -stone tools. Homo Erectus. Hand-Axe (700kya): Abbevillian Industry (France) and later - Acheulian Industry (Eur/Af/As). Flake Stone Tools (flint): Clactonian Industry






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






11. The process through which genes pass from the gene pool of one population through mating and reproduction to that of another.






12. New family you form when you marry and have children.






13. The study of the literal meanings and the interpretation of words.






14. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






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






16. Method of detecting buried features by locating the magnetic disturbances they cause: (1957-58) proton magnetometer - the proton gradiometer - and the fluxgate gradiometer.






17. The actual time (usually measured in years) as determined by radioactive decay of elements






18. 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.






19. Ritual of Greek Citizenship






20. The study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.






21. Shorthand - Morse Code






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






23. Provisional sampling cuts to explore potential excavation sites. Tigris/Euphrates flooded regularly so hard to navigate.






24. 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






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






26. Anthropologist: After armchair anthro...embarked on early anthro expeditions (not scientifically rigorous).






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






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






29. Personal quirks: Get up at certain time - order of getting dressed - etc






30. Mexico - sun/war/civilization gods - subord women - human sacrifice - cannibalism - time/calendars. Caste system - architecture - learning and the arts - polytheistic - pictorial alphabet






31. Story with deep explanatory or symbolic resonance for a culture






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






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






34. Anthropologist: Indians (North - Central - South America). Recorded folktales of blacks in N. America and West Indies.






35. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






36. Social Institutions - not theological - philosophical - or psychological phenomenons






37. Half way b/n tribe and state. Kin-based. Permanent group-based differencesin access to resources. Permanent Political Structure






38. Man marries widow of his dead brother






39. Holistic study of humanity.






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






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






42. Technology that Spread east to Indus River Valley (India) by 5k BC






43. Used to date organic remains and rocks from 50 -000yrs ago to present (atomic physics)






44. Cohesive set of myths (religion/belief system)






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






46. Runway/airstrip/radios (coconuts and straw to attract aircraft with cargo). Ritual marches (twigs/guns - insignia 'USA' to look like soldiers)






47. Species of people that inhabited much of Europe and the Mediterranean lands c. 200 -000-28 -000 years ago. The name derives from the discovery in 1856 of remains in a cave above Germany's Neander Valley. Neanderthals were short - stout - and powerful






48. From Africa to Eurasia (through Himalayas/Silk Road - across straight of Gilbralter.






49. Relatives on each side of marriage - extending at least to second cousin. Urbanization - migration = less importance






50. Based on institutionalized beliefs and practices dealing with ultimate meaning of life. Belief stems from their experience of the world.