Early Hominins
What is the name of the most famous Australopithecus afarensis discovered?
Who was Lucy?
This English explorer and naturalist paved the way for scientists with his introduction of the theory of evolution.
Who was Charles Darwin?
What are the four main fields of Anthropology?
-Cultural
-Archareology
-Biological
-Linguistic
This popular on-screen archaeologist uses questionable methods that align much more with grave-robbing than proper excavation methods.
Who is Indiana Jones?
This site is home to a famous set of footprints preserved in volcanic ash- some of the earliest evidence of upright walkers.
What are the Laetoli Footprints?
This primatologist is renowned for her work with Chimpanzees.
Who is Jane Goodall?
This term is used to define the genotype expressed on an individual.
What is a phenotype?
This Swedish biologist is credited for the creation of the modern taxonomic system- unfortunately, he also used it to group different races into their own groups.
This species shows some of the earliest evidence of upright walking.
What is Ardipithecus ramidus?
This Austrian friar and biologist used pea plants to make important discoveries about genetics and inheritance.
Who was Gregor Mendel?
Sometimes considered a fifth subdiscipline, this type of anthropology uses practical application of theories to solve real-world problems.
What is Applied Anthropology?
This phrase or theory is often discredited due to its implication of unilinear evolution.
What is 'The Missing Link'?
This Tanzanian site is nicknamed "The Cradle of Mankind".
What is the Olduvai Gorge?
This paleontologist first found remains of Australopithecus afarensis in 1978.
Who is Donald Johanson?
This branch of Biological Anthropology involves skeletal analysis.
What is Osteology?
This amateur "archaeologist" managed to discover the ancient Greek city of Troy- and then excavate (blow it all up) with dynamite.
Who was Heinrich Schliemann?
Charles Dawson claimed to find this 'missing link' specimen that was later revealed to be a hoax.
What is the Piltdown Man?
This geneticist made breakthroughs studying human and neanderthal DNA, proving that we are much more similar than previously thought.
Who is Svante Pääbo?
This medieval Christian philosophy demonstrated a supposed 'natural order' to the world as decreed by God.
What is The Great Chain of Being?
This Gilded-Age philosopher coined the phrase 'Survival Of the Fittest', stating that those who didn't succeed just weren't meant to.
Who was Herbert Spencer?