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Anthropology and Science
Miscellaneous
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Who is the father of Taxonomy?
What is Carolus Linnaeus
100
He came up with the same ideas as Charles Darwin at the same time?
What is Alfred Russel Wallace
100
What was Darwin's definition of Evolution?
What is Change of a population over time.
100
What are the four fields of anthropology?
What is Biological, cultural, linguistic, and archeaology
100
What island chain off the coast of South America inspired Darwin?
What is the Galopogos islands
200
Who came up with the idea of the heliocentric universe?
What is Galileo/ Copernicus
200
He is the father of Genetics?
What is mendel
200
Define Natural Selection
What is differential survival and reproduction
200
What are 2 characteristics of anthropology?
What is holistic, field work, humans, interested in variation
200
What evidence did Darwin use to support his idea of Natural Selection
What is dog/pigeon breeding, fossils, vestigial structures,
300
He is widely considered the father of Paleontology and Zoology
What is George Cuvier
300
He was the Captain of the HMS Beagle?
What is Robert Fitzroy
300
What is a homologous trait?
What is Similar structure, different function
300
What is Forensic Anthropology?
What is anthropology/Osteology in a legal context
300
What could darwin not explain
What is variation and inheritance
400
His idea was known as "Evolution by inheritance of acquire characteristics"
What is Jean baptist Lamarck
400
He is the father of Geology?
What is Charles Lyell
400
Give an example of Analogous traits?
What is wings/eyes/beaks/etc...
400
What does Science do that philosophy does not?
What is testing in order to verify
400
What is adaptive radiation?
What is Rapid diversification to fill a new niche
500
Came up with the idea of Catastrophism
What is George Cuvier
500
His work on population growth and food supply inspired Darwin
What is Thomas Malthus
500
define vestigial structure?
What is a structure that is retained but serves no purpose
500
What is a hypothesis?
What is an educated guess
500
Why is the biological species concept not always useful?
What is fossils, asexual organisms, hybrids, ring speces