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DSST General Anthropology

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






2. Flat/broad nosed primates; New World monkeys






3. Thinkers: linguistics






4. The application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding






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






6. Research in which the data is recorded in numerical form.






7. 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.






8. All the knowledge and values shared by a society






9. Primitive people. Some people have special power - middlemen b/n man and god. Performs ritual magic to save tribe in trouble






10. Traces back to ONE person






11. Study of human activity and cultures through material remains. non-natural science. half science - half humanity. Fills in gaps in human history.






12. 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






13. Man marries widow of his dead brother






14. Found Australopathicus skull in 1959. Upright human footprints in 1978






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






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






17. Refined the Flake Stone Tools (flint): Mousterian Industry. Neanderthal Man.






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






19. Characteristics are inherited independently from other characteristics

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20. (geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest






21. Development of Civilizations: Copper & Tin=Bronze. Replaced stone for tools/weapons






22. Closest living animal to modern humans. 96% same DNA.






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






24. Anthropologist: Pacific Islands(SamoaPolynesia) - cultural effects on development of personality






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






26. Relatives through marriage






27. Set of rights and obligations inherent in a social position.






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






29. Not universal. Evolved in last 10k years (surplus food - development of states). States are political system most likely to go to war






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






31. Father of Modern Anthropology - noted for applying the scientific method to the study of human cultures and societies. Opposed evolutionist.






32. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






33. The archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome






34. Seperation(leave) - Liminality(limbo) - Incorporation(rejoin).






35. A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food - clothing - and shelter.






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






37. (1940)archaeological prospecting employing electricity and magnetic fields. A method of large-scale oil prospecting: electrical conductivity present in the soil.






38. The application of Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution and 'survival of the fittest' to human societies - particularly as justification for United States expansion. (white man's burden)






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






40. <40kya): Regional stone tool industries (Perigordian - Aurignacian - Solutrean - Magdelenian) - More complex - specialized - variety of tools. Regional artistic traditions. Homosapien - Neanderthal - Cro-magnon. Small Sculptures (E. Eur): Small - por






41. Holistic study of humanity.






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






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






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






45. Communal Ownership of Land. Some ownership - but pastures - forests - mountains - waterways - sacred grounds - are shared






46. 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






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






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






49. The archaeology of ancient Egypt






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