Cultural
cultures are unique products of their history and not a consequence of race
What is cultural relativism?
the change in frequency of an existing gene variant in the population due to random chance
What is genetic drift?
an object created or modified by a human
What is an Artifact?
this professor studies the functional morphology of artiodactyls
Who is Dr. Sabrina Curran?
the author of "In the Shadow of Man"
Who is Jane Goodall?
an approach to understanding the nature of culture and cultural changes of specific populations of people
What is cultural particularism?
Differences in physical characteristics between males and females of the same species
What is sexual diamorphism?
nomadic or semi-nomadic small groups of people who hunt, fish, and harvest wild food as their primary subsistence strategy
this professor studies transitional justice in Kashmir
Who is Dr. Haley Duschinski?
This couple made multiple discoveries in the Olduvai Gorge
Who are Mary and Louis Leakey?
rule specifying that when a young couple get married, they will live with the groom's parents in the same house or property
What is Patrilocal?
the single type specimen upon which a new species is described and named
What is a holotype?
studying the science of culture; how environmental and cultural processes work in human behavior in a scientific-method based way
What is processual archaeology?
This professor works with the New Straitsville History Group
Who is Dr. Nancy Tatarek
Proposed that obtaining raw materials is an opportunistic endevor
Who is Lewis Binford?
the practice of consuming treated body parts of a deceased person as a part of a death passage ritual
a bony ledge on the inside of the mandible characteristic of the anthropoid apes
What is the simian shelf?
Oldest stone tool industry
What is the Lomekwian?
This professor works in Kenya at a site called Olorgesailie
Who is Dr. Joe Gingerich?
the mother of cultural anthropology
Who is Margaret Mead?
smallest unit in a language that carries a meaning
What is a morpheme?
Age of oldest known cutmarks found in Dikkia, Ethiopia
What is 3.4 MYA
the side of a flake in which you can find flake scars
What is the dorsal side of a flake?
this professor works with people of coastal Kenya
Who is Dr. Diane Ciekawy?
the mother of taphonomy
Who is Kaye Behrensmeyer?