ANTHROPOLOGY and it's FOUR SUBFIELDS and TERMINOLOGY
SUB FIELDS OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (1)
SUB FIELDS OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (2)
SYLLABUS, CANVAS & ZOOM REVIEW
ODD FACTS I LEARNED IN THE FIRST CLASS
100

Study of human societies in a cross cultural perspective

What is Cultural?

100

The study of fossils of an extinct form of human.

What is Paleoanthropology?

100

The study of both living and extinct monkeys, apes and prosimians.

What is primatology?

100

Day of week and time of ZOOM class

What is Tuesday at 6:00 PM?

100

A common  condition causing problems, with reading, math, spelling and writing.

What is dyslexia?

200

Ethnography (a written account) of a Field Study of Texas Holdem Players would be part of this sub-discipline

What is Cultural

200

The study of the skeleton.

What is Osteology?  (good for you if you said "Human Osteology)

200

Human adaptation falls under this category in Biological Anthropology.

What is Human Biology.

200

Microphones for students are generally set at this for students.

What is open?

200

Biological Anthropology was called by this name back when your professor was a student.

What is Physical Anthropology?

300

Form, functions, and social context of language.

What is Linguistics?

300

Identification of Human Remains, along with the method and cause of their death.

What is Forensic Anthropology?

300

War crimes in Bosnia, as well as September 11, 2011 terrorist attacks in New York were helped by this subdivision practitioners.

What is Forensic Anthroplogy?

300

The word to click on in Canvas Calendar to see all your class important dates in a listed order.

What is Agenda?

300

Several questions in the weekly chapter quizzes, are not from the book, they are from this online activity.

What is the ZOOM class?

400

An excavation and examination of a newly found Egyptian pharaoh's tomb.

What is Archaeology?

400

Early Anthropologists, not having extensive scientific equpment, spent time measuring and comparing different parts of __________ .  This ultimately created "race" categories

What is the human body?

400

The Black Plague in the 1300s and the Plague of Athens (300s) would be studied by this discipline.

What is Paleopathology?  (and Bioarcheology, would also be considered a correct answer)

400

The discussion that has a closing date that is 7-8 days after class starts -- and is worth 25 points.

What is Introductory Discussion?

400

If your ancestry is from Europe or parts of Asia, you may carry 2-6% of this species genes.

Neanderthal

500

The vast and broad study of fossils, primates, and evolution relating to the human species.

What is Biological Anthropology?

500

Chimpanzees in the wild was the study platform for Jane Goodall, but this woman, tragically killed by poachers, while studied Gorillas.

Who was Diane Fossey?

500

Human cultural practices influencing the spread of infectious diseases as well as effects of human pollution fall under this sub field.

What is Human Biology?

500

The TOTAL number of points you may earn by attending a zoom class and participating in discussions or other activities.

What is 15

500

Your professor's Ph.D. is in this area of anthropology and and they have a special interest in this subject.

What is Medical Anthropology (or Medical) and Plagues (or Pandemics) ?

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