ANTH 101- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 51 pages long!)
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In most organisms every pair of parents produces multiple offspring. With most organisms populations size remains the same, no increase occurs over time. Members of populations compete for access to food. Logia meaning "study of or a branch of learning" Understanding how words are used and how they shape culture. Use material record left behind by past cultures. Study of human biological evolution human biocultural variation. Contains instructions for making every cell in the human body. The dna unzips and two new strands are formed. In this way dna can make endless copies of itself. Dna wrapped around itself over and over and over. 23 from your mom and 23 from your dad. Chromosomes that are similar in size, shape, and genetic content. Chromosomes not directly involved in determining the sex of an offspring (22 pairs) Male sperm cells either have an x or y chromosome. There is a 50 percent chance for either a boy or a girl.