Test 1 on Friday Sept 28 TEST 1 is 50 points Most questions are half a point 18 pts 10 5 pts 11 5 pts 6 pts 4 pts Multiple Choice True False Matching Definitions Lists 1 pt each PowerPoint lectures and reviews are posted on Blackboard under Course Documents also see the Study Guide Learn the Vocabulary List under Course Documents and take the practice quizzes under Assignments Hopefully you 1 Took notes during lectures 2 Printed out a copy of your Worksheets and you should study from those too We ve had four online Worksheets graded instantly If you printed a copy you can study from them If you missed the deadline for a Worksheet 1 pt off for first late worksheet 2 for 2nd No late makeups allowed after that you lose all 10 pts Today at noon was the ultimate last chance to submit a late worksheet Something that is given in class AND On a Worksheet AND On a practice quiz AND Listed on the vocabulary list Is most likely to be on the test Lists are the only questions that will count 1 point each the rest are 1 2 point each What topics are likely to be on the test Topics covered so far include What is anthropology frameworks Ethics of anthropological research Basic archaeological methods Dating the past Basic genetics for understanding evolution Primates taxonomy and characteristics Primate behavior ANTHROPOLOGY What is it What are the four major subfields Study of humans everywhere and everywhen It is holistic comparative and interdisciplinary in outlook and approach Biological cultural archaeology linguistics Anthropologists have a professional code of ethics It outlines our responsibilities to the people animals we study those who fund our research and to the profession We also have responsibilities to our students Our code is not used to judge cases but instead used to educate students Approach to course Scientific method vs Scientific creationism Are they both scientific Principle of Uniformitarianism Rates and processes in the past are the same as they are today Therefore our present observations can be used to explain or model change in the past Basic archaeological methods used to recover the fossil record What three basic steps 1 Survey to find sites or fossil localities 2 Test site locality to learn about stratigraphy time period size integrity 3 Excavate to open up a more horizontal area and learn about a particular time period Specialized vocabulary Site vs fossil locality Artifact vs fossil Stratigraphy and Law of Superposition Dating Techniques What do you need to know about dating Whether a technique is relative or absolute What materials are appropriate for each technique When for radiocarbon potassium argon and dendrochronology can date from when to when Dating the Past Relative vs absolute dating Relative Absolute Stratigraphic analysis Radiocarbon C14 based on Law of what is B P Superposition Potassium Argon Argon Argon Index Fossil concept K Ar or Ar Ar Seriation Archaeomagnetism Dendrochronology Bone chemistry analysis Another vocabulary e g fluorine absorption word Taphonomy Basic Genetics for Understanding Evolution Lots of vocabulary but we can guess what might be especially important to know Evolution a change in allele frequency in a population over time Evolution is about populations not individuals Natural selection survival of the fittest Population a group of individuals that interbreeds The Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium Principle illustrates mathematically that evolution will NOT take place if what four conditions are met The sources of variation different alleles upon which natural selection works Ultimate molecular source mutation a change in the genetic code Most are neutral Sources of variation during sexual reproduction Mutation Segregation Independent assortment Linked genes Crossing over resulting in recombination Sources between generations in a population Mutation Gene flow Genetic drift Natural selection Genetics vocabulary Mitosis vs meiosis Genotype vs phenotype Homozygous vs heterozygous Recessive vs sex linked Monogenic vs polygenic traits Gene pool and alleles Genetic drift vs gene flow Genetic drift and founder effect Species vs race Gradualism vs punctuated equilibrium PRIMATES What are the two suborders and how do they differ How do primates differ from other mammals Anthropoids vs Prosimians more primitive evolved earliest Do not have all the characteristics that typify primates Physical Long moist snout no color vision have a grooming claw quadrupedal or vertical clinging and leaping locomotion Behavioral typically nocturnal in habit Anthropoids New World and Old World monkeys apes and humans Hominoids Apes and humans Hominids humans What do you need to know about primate taxonomy From order to genus the categories that lead to humans Differentiate between prosimians and anthropoids Differentiate lower categories within anthropoids No genus or species names but know how to write one No details about behavior except chimp general ape Which of the following is typed correctly Homo Sapiens Homo Sapiens How do you properly hand write the same thing Homo sapiens homo Sapiens H sapiens Homo s Homo sapiens Homo sapiens NOTE you underline to indicate italics You make it clear that genus is capitalized and species is not The line is not continuous Primate characteristics as typified by anthropoids Physical Grasping pentadactyl hands and feet Emphasis on sight over smell Tactile pads and nails Generalized skeleton with retention of clavicle Expanded and more complex brain Behavioral Parental investment and Sociality Primate vocabulary Analogy vs homology Taxonomy vs taphonomy Anthropoid vs prosimian Hominoid vs hominid Forms of locomotion Arboreal vs terrestrial Y 5 cusp pattern and dental formula Prehensile vs pentadactyl Lesser apes vs great apes Sexual dimorphism Primate behavior Which primate s behavior is seen as analogous and which homologous to human behavior Primates are social animals They recognize individuals Each individual has a place within the dominance hierarchy of the group How do primates communicate Facial expressions vocalizations touch body language What kind of cognitive abilities do primates have and how do we know Can use symbolic language Can express new ideas apply to new concepts Displacement can discuss things not present in space or time Is learned Each of the great apes has been taught American Sign Language in a laboratory setting What do primates spend most of the day doing Feeding resting and moving What is one
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