Slide 1GlossaryImportant ConceptsSlide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10Slide 11Slide 12Slide 13Slide 14Slide 15Slide 16Slide 17Slide 18Slide 19Slide 20Slide 21Slide 22Slide 23Slide 24Slide 25Slide 26Slide 27Slide 28Slide 29Slide 30Slide 31Time PeriodsSlide 33Slide 34Class Slides Set 11BSome Important ConceptsMisc.GlossaryGlossarySome importantthings you ought to know about . . .Important ConceptsImportant Concepts•range of variation•statistical averages•“fossil”•“osteodontokeratic”•the “Three Great Ages of Prehistoric Times”Important ConceptsImportant Concepts•range of variationRange of Variation.Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 99George Washington Morrison("Commodore") Nutt 29” tall 1844 - 1881 Phineas T. Barnum1810 - 1891EfeEastern Congo(formerly Zaire) Average Heightmale 4’ 8”female 4’ 5”Source: Boaz and Almquist Biological Anthropology, 2nd ed.(Prentice Hall, 2002), p. 426Pygmies 1904The world's tallest woman is Sandy Allen. She is 7 ft. 7 in.Robert Pershing Wadlow (1918-1940), Alton, IL, was 8 ft. 11. in.Robert Pershing Wadlow (1918-1940), Alton, IL, was 8 ft. 11. in.The Guiness Book of Records”The Most DissimilarCouple in the World”wife: 2’ 11½”husband: 6’ 2”They met on the internet-- The Maury Show, 27 April 1999Important ConceptsImportant Concepts•range of variation•statistical averages------ 68 % -------- 2 ½ % ---- 2 ½ % --“normal distribution curve”------------------------------ 99 % -------------------------------Important ConceptsImportant Concepts•range of variation•statistical averages•“fossil”GlossaryGlossaryany impression, or trace, of an animal or plant of past geological ages -- including / footprints or tracksfossilHominid footprint from Laetoli, Tanzania, p. 232.MaryLeakeyImportant ConceptsImportant Concepts•range of variation•statistical averages•“fossil”•“osteodontokeratic”keratic ="horn" osteo = "bone"donto = "tooth"GlossaryGlossaryosteo = "bone"osteodontokeraticHarappa ( c. 3300-2800 BC)p. 466osteo = "bone"GlossaryGlossaryosteo = "bone"donto = "tooth"osteodontokeraticdonto = "tooth"GlossaryGlossaryosteo = "bone"donto = "tooth"keratic = "horn" osteodontokeraticDevon Island, High Arctic Canadakeratic ="horn"Important ConceptsImportant Concepts•range of variation•statistical averages•“fossil”•“osteodontokeratic”•the “Three Great Ages of Prehistoric Times”Time PeriodsTime Periods(Jurgensen Thomsen, 1807)Three Great Ages of Prehistoric Time3. Iron Age2. Bronze Age1. Stone AgeTime PeriodsTime Periods(Jurgensen Thomsen, 1807)Three Great Ages of Prehistoric Time3. Iron Age2. Bronze Age1. Stone AgeTime PeriodsTime Periods1. Paleolithic“The Old Stone Age”“The Stone Age”3. Neolithic“The New Stone Age”2. Mesolithic“The Middle Stone
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