ANTH 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Osteology, Philopatry, Australopithecus Afarensis
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August: what is anthropology, anthropos= people, logos= study of. The field of study inquiry that studies human culture and evolutionary aspects of human biology. Slang: dialect, regional variation, archaeology, reconstruct the past. Primatology: chimps, human variation, how we differ from each other throughout time, biological study areas and specializations, osteology, molecular anthropology. Forensic anthropology: demonstrates, how human populations vary, the past populations have endured. August: the development of evolutionary theory, influences. Political economy: age of the earth, natural history. 1743-1805: natural theology, order implies divine designer. Complex items designed: age of the earth, bishops james usher. September 19, 2016: mendelian genetics: the laws of inheritance, 4500+ humans traits inherited by mendelian principles. Simple traits : characteristics influenced by alleles at 1 genetic locus, two alleles, three genotypes, homozygous dominant, homozygous recessive, heterozygous. Two phenotypes: projections using punnett squares, examples include many blood types, many genetic disorders, including sickle-cell anemia and. On at least some of the digits.
