ANTH 1102: EXAM 1
9 Cards in this Set
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the preserved remains of plants and animals that have lived in the past are called
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fossils
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_____ such as clyde snow have worked to identify the remains of victims of airline crashes & human remains.
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Forensic anthropologist
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Why is speech unique to humans?
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great apes do not have the anatomy to speak like humans
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______ is an example of a cultural trait, or a custom.
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washing hands before eating/avoiding opening one's mouth while eating
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prehistoric refuse mounds filled with shells, common along coastlines and river banks of eastern North America, are examples of
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middens
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the sounds "p" as in pit and "b" as in bit are ____ in english because they distinguish meaning but they do not carry or convey meaning
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phonemes
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artifacts that cannot be easily removed, or removed at all, such as stains or color changes in the soil, hearths, pits, buildings and middens are referred to as
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features
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the smallest unit of sounds that carries a meaning in language is called a
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morpheme
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the belief that one should suspend judgement in order to understand another culture
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cultural relativism
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ANTH 1102: EXAM 1