Biological Anthropology
What is biological anthropology?
The Science of human cultural and biological variation and evolution.
What animal did Dian Fossey study?
Gorillas
What are rites of passage?
They are moments that represent individuals moving into adulthood.
Is it true that all languages are shaped the same?
No
What are archaeologists most concerned with?
Culture
What is paleopathology?
investigates incidence of trauma, infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies.
What animal did Jane Goodall study?
Chimps
What is Economic Anthropology
deals with the distribution of goods and services within and between cultures.
What does Linguistic Anthropology study?
Human speech and language
What makes a "civilization"?
A permanent settlement with at least 5,000 residents, writing and ceremonial structures
What is Osteology
study of the skeleton.
What interaction is Anthropology concerned with?
Biology and Culture
What does Urban Anthropology deal with?
Urban anthropology deals with issues of inner cities.
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How can linguistic anthropology help us understand culture?
Culture is shaped by language.
Where was one of the first excavations in North America?
Virginia
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What is evolution?
the genetic makeup of a population from one generation to the next.
What is the argument called that is the debate of how you were raised and where you were born?
Nature vs. Nurture
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What is Medical anthropology?
deals with the relationship between various cultural attributes and health and disease
How can linguistics be used to understand evolution?
Evolution can be traced through language
What are the goals of Archaeology
To better understand culture.
What are the four main fields of Anthropology?
Biological, Cultural, Linguistic, Archaeology
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In anthropology, what is adaptation?
The process of successful interaction between a population and an environment.
What is ethnocentrism?
view culture from biased perspective of own culture; see cultures as inferior to own.
How can linguistics relate back to history?
Anthropologists have groups and tied specific languages together.
What is Grabology?
the study of garbage, by looking at remains of a present society, you can learn about the population.