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DSST General Anthropology

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1. Belief of early anthropologist that cultures evolve through various stages from a simpler and more primitive state to a complex and more culturally advanced state.






2. The sex cell of a plant or animal may contain one factor (allele) for different traits but not both factors needed to express the traits

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






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






5. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






6. Difference in the genes between different species or members of the same species - caused by the varying number of structure of the chromosome. Not all may be observable as phenotypic variations






7. Study of remains found in layers of soil and rock






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






9. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics

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10. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






11. Relatives through marriage






12. Referring to time as it relates to something older or younger; not exact dates.






13. 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






14. Food foragers (in-sync with env - see themselves as a harmonious part of natural world).






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






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






17. Spread from Middle East north to Europe (across Turkey/Greece into C. Eur. AND across Egypt/N Afr to Spain).Britain and Scandinavia became farming after 3k BC (Mesolithic Period).- Neolithic






18. What people SHOULD do according to values and norms






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






20. Thinker: social stratification






21. A larger collection of DNA that contains many genes and the support proteins needed to control these genes.






22. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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






24. First used in admin of British Colonies by Northcote Thomas in Nigeria in 1908. 'Age of Enlightenment'/Natural Science






25. Ruthless empire. By 665BC=Palestine - Syria - Asia Minor - Persian Gulf. buffer b/n civil Middle East & Barbarians.fell in 612BC. Internal revolution - and defeat by NeoBabylonians (Chaldeans)






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






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






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






29. Marks change in social or sexual status. Birth - Circumcision - Coming of Age - Wedding - Menopause - Death






30. Evaluating other groups according to THEIR standards (not judging)






31. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






32. Either of 2 sibs - clans - kinship groups - of unilateral descent - that together make up a tribe or society






33. Ancient Hebrew manuscripts hidden in clay jars in caves near Qumran by the Dead Sea that were discovered accidentally by Bedouin while looking for a stray animal in 1947..






34. The exchange of genetic material between maternal and paternal chromosomes - creating a new combination of genes on the chromosome.






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






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






37. Consists of social impact assessment - evaluation research - technology development research - cultural resource assessment






38. Each inherited characteristic is determined by two heredity factors/genes - one from each parent - which determines whether a gene will be dominant or recessive.

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






40. The discovery and recording of archaeological sites and their examination by methods other than the use of the spade and the trowel






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






42. Essential mechanism of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin - and is the process by which those members of a particular species that are better adapted to their environment survive longer and produce more offspring than the poorer adapted.






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






44. The genetic makeup of an organism as indicated by its set of alleles - that determines hereditary potential/limits from embyro to adulthood.






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






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






47. Traces back to ONE person






48. Said anthropology is a 'Policy Science'. Urged for its use in improving the human condition. What is Culture - cross-cultural.






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






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