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Professor Gecewicz |
| University of Southern Mississippi |
Anthropology 101 - Spring 2002 |
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This will be updated by Friday to reflect the current week's readings.
STUDY QUESTIONS FOR MID-TERM (Chapters 1,2,3,4,5)
CHAPTER ONE:
1. Can you explain what anthropology is? Can you name the subfields and explain what each subfield studies?
2. Can you explain why anthropology is considered a science?
3. Can you discuss the meaning of these terms: ethnography, cross cultural comparison, participant observation
4. Can you discuss some of the ethical issues confronting Anthropologists in the field today?
CHAPTER TWO:
1. Do you know the difference between artifacts and fossils?
2. Can you explain how sites and localities are located?
3. Do you understand how sites and localities are investigated?
4. Can you discuss the factors affecting the preservation of artifacts and fossils?
5. Can you explain the importance of meticulous record keeping in archaeological excavation?
6. Can you determine which techniques of archaeological dating are most appropriate in a given situation?
CHAPTER THREE:
1. Do you understand the mechanisms of heredity that enable evolution to occur? DNA, genes, chromosomes, alleles
2. Do you understand how evolution works in a population by means of mutation, genetic drift, gene flow, natural selection, adaptation, Hardy-Weinberg Principle
3. How can an understanding of sickle cell anemia help us to better understand evolution?
4. Can you distinguish linear, divergent and convergent evolution?
5. Can you explain what a species is and how one evolves?
CHAPTER FOUR:
1. Can you discuss the place of humanity among other animals?
2. Can you explain why anthropologists study the social behavior of monkeys and apes?
CHAPTER FIVE:
1. Can you explain why anthropologists are interested in the study of early primates?
2. Can you discuss the role of the environment in early primate evolution?
3. Do you know the basic sequence of early primate evolution and the characteristics of teh representative fossils from the paleocene, eocene, oligocene, and miocene?
4. Can you explain the importance of ramamorphs as possible human ancestors?
CHAPTER SIX:
1. Can you list the put the early hominine forms in chronological order?
2. Can you discuss the major evolutionary trends associated with the evolution of hominines?
3. Can you explain the major implications of bipedal locomotion?
4. Can you explain why hominines became bipedal?
CHAPTER SEVEN:
1. Can you distinguish Australopithecus from H. Habilis?
2. Can you explain why the Olduvai Gorge is such a significant site?
3. Can you discuss the implications of tool making for early Homo.?
CHAPTER EIGHT:
1. Can you identify when and where H. Erectus lived?
2. Can you identify the major characteristics of H. Erectus?
3. Can you explain the cultural developments associated with H. Erectus and their significance?
CHAPTER NINE:
1. Can you explain the importance of cognitive capacity in the genus Homo.?
2. Can you recognize the major lines of evidence for competing theories about modern human origins?
CHAPTER TEN:
1. Do you know who Cro-Magnon were?
2. Can you discuss the changes that took place between the Paleolithic and Mesolithic cultural traditions?
3. Can you trace the routes by which people migrated throughout the globe?
CHAPTER THIRTEEN:
1. Can you discuss the classification of Homo Sapiens?
2. Can you explain the limitations of biological classification of humans?
3. Can you discuss the role the environment plays in determining physical characteristics?
4. Can you discuss the relationship between enculturation and biology in determining assumed behavioral differences in humans?
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