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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Groups descended from mother or father's line only. (unilateral)






2. The science dealing with the measurement of the human body to determine differences in individuals or groups






3. Catarrhini (hooked nose). Asia - Africa - Europe. large mammals. ground dwellers. carniverous. harems/sexual dimorphism. non-prehensile tails (baboons - macaque - proboscic monkey.






4. Fixed at birth - unchangeable - endogamous. India: Brahmins - warriors - artisans - laborers (then untouchables)






5. The subfield of anthropology that focuses on variations in cultural behaviors among human populations






6. British Hieroglyphics translator -Father of Archeology






7. Cradle of mankind. tanzania (30m long) Leakey family (1950s) 7 layers. found tools of habillus and erectus.






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






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






10. A theory stressing the importance of interdependence among all behavior patterns and institutions within a social system to its long-term survival. (Emile Durkheim)






11. Anthropologist: Survival=Symbolic form of earlier custom (mock battle in nuptial rituals=vestige of actually 'capturing the bride'






12. Random change in allele frequencies that occurs in small populations. Sewall-Wright effect






13. The non-living world. the area from the surface of earth down to its center.






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






15. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






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






17. Holistic study of humanity.






18. Family that raised you






19. Spread of an IDEA from one group to another.






20. Goods flow to central place - and are distributed again (Eg -US Tax System). Reqs strong central political organization. Sometimes Prestige is derived from giving away valuables






21. Common ancestor. Endogamy forbidden (regarded as incest). Can be Matriclan/Patriclan






22. Planned - rescue - and accidental.






23. 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.






24. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






25. A systematic and detailed description of a particular culture primarily based on fieldwork - direct contact - and qualitive research.






26. Evaluate other groups according to OUR OWN standards (judging)






27. (Foragers): Earliest and most stable form of human subsistence. Unit of production = Unit of Consumption. Of 150billion who have ever lived - 60% were HG. 99% of history as humans is as HG






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






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






30. Small segment of DNA that codes for the systhesis (creation) of a specific protein - and thus determines a trait.






31. Anthropologist: formation of personalities






32. What people ACTUALLY do in everyday - real life interactio






33. (New Stone Age): 10kya. Domestic animals - villages - pottery - weaving - food producing (not collecting). Holocene. Beginning of real civilization (Final stage of prehistoric cult evol/techno dev)






34. Basic building blocks of culture. Without them - there is no culture






35. Animistic/Shamanistic. Animal or other naturalistic figure that spiritually represents a person or a clan (intimate relationship)






36. Cholula - Huastec - Mixtec - Olmec - Pipil - Totonac - Toltec - Zapote






37. Religion. Most important intellectual development. Flourished b/c of weakening Egypt & annihilation of Hittites (1200BC)






38. Political order (polity) is not a distinct institution - it is embedded in the overall social order. No formal govt






39. Anthropologist: How natives think - mystic participation






40. 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






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






42. Skipped Bronze Age. Intermediate Neolithic tools were used instead (Zaire - Ghana). But not in Kenya (no celts - axes etc)






43. 'Upright Man' - An extinct species of the genus Homo - Africa/Europe/Asia. fire and tools. hand ax. early speech.






44. A social bond based on common ancestry - marriage - or adoption






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






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






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






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






49. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






50. Spread to Huang Ho (Yellow River Valley) of China - and SE Asia by 3500BC (millet and rice).- Neolithic






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