ANTHRO 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Allele Frequency, Human Evolution, Nuclear Dna
26 Sep 2016
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Textbook: our origins: discovering physical anthropology by clark spencer larsen. Study of human biological evolution and human biocultural variation. Human paleontologists - use fossils to follow the evolution of humans. Primatologists - study behavior and ecology of non-human primates used to better understand human behavior do mostly field work. Biological variation in humans o little variation genetically human ecology comparative anatomy forensic anthropology biological anthropology. Nonhoning colonies - upper canines that aren"t sharpened against the 3rd premolar, as part of a nonhoning chewing mechanism. Dependence on culture: material culture - culture expressed as object that humans use to manipulate environments chimps known to use this too! Social learning - capacity to learn from other humans, enabling the accumulation of knowledge across many generations. Data - evidence gathered to help answer questions, solve problems and fill gaps in scientific knowledge. Hypothesis - testable statements that potentially explain specific phenomena observed in the natural world.
