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DSST General Anthropology

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1. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.






2. A change or alteration in nitrogenous bases of DNA.






3. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values






4. (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)






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






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






7. Early anthropologists such as E.B. Taylor and J.G. Frazer in England who worked mostly with materials collected by others - usually missionaries - traders - explorers - or colonial officials.






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






9. Thinker: social stratification






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






11. Primary form of support for existing political leadership. Based on internal values of the people - not so much coercion






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






14. The 3rd in the three stages of the evolution theory developed by Lewis Henry Morgan. Human form of culture. many people in urban center - smelt metals - method of writing.






15. Value of gift and time of repayment are not specified






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






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






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






19. (Reverence): Most rituals mark day - month - season - year - stage of life - new event. Burial Rituals found from 20kya






20. The linguistic hypothesis holds that language predisposes us to see the world in a certain way was developed by these two.






21. Aborigine (dreamtime/totem)






22. Yanonamo Village invites another village. Social gathering/political alliances (like dinner party). Yan=deceiptful






23. Man marries widow of his dead brother






24. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. Ethnographic fieldwork - reciprocity - Pacific Islands. After Rivers (more rigor) 'Participant Observation'. WWI spent 2 years in Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)






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






26. <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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. The observable characteristics of an organism - including physical appearance.






32. Perform Rituals in belief that ancestors will recognize their own people and make very valuable cargo come (utopian/millenial). John Frum






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






34. Through the mother but DOES NOT imply matriarchy






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






36. Permanent formal government structures and socioeconomic stratification. Most people in world's society. Autonomous political units - social classes - Formal govt based on Law - social status - population control - judges - law enf - fiscal.






37. 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.






38. A homo erectus discovered by Dutch physician and anatomist Eugene Dubois in 1891 in JAVA Indonesia -






39. 1962; employ mine detectors. pulsed-induction meter and the soil-conductivity meter detect magnetic soil anomalies - only if the features are fairly shallow.






40. Married couple + Kids (incl. Foster - adopted - natural children). Most common form in US.aka Conjugal Family






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






42. 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






43. Invented smelting of iron






44. Anthropologist: symbolic anthropology. Interpretation of cultures.






45. Shift of population from food production to specialization. Strong sense of ownership of land.






46. Anthropologist: reciprocity - gift economy - Durkheim's nephew






47. 1/2 Founder of Modern Anthropology. After River (more rigor). Studied American Indians (1880s documented) Coined 'Cultural Relativism'. Sat with elders to hear their historic accounts of their culture. [Salvage ethnography]






48. Structionalism. Amazon tribe. ethnographic.






49. 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).






50. Hawaiian - aroi sun kingdom