ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sickle Cell Trait, Homo Floresiensis, Taung Child
17 Apr 2017
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Multiple-choice, short answer between 1/2 and 1/3 in point form, essay format about 1/4 of exam. Pulling things together making an arguments using examples critical thinking, essay format (full sentences, intro, conclusion, paragraphs, written in an essay booklet) pick one of 2 or 3 options. Can"t cover everything we looked at in class tonight. Basic evolutionary mechanisms: understanding how evolution works. How we fit into current primate lineages and what we know about nonhuman primates and their diversity: the adaptive significance of human diversity. The plasticity of humanity (biologically, culturally) has allowed us to spread around the world and our success as a species. Culture allowing us to transcend biology limits ! but biological diversity still exists and some of it is adaptively significant. Variation exists in ways that is both adaptive an non adaptive. What is it: biological perspective: our biology shapes our capacity to develop culture our cultures can shape our biologies.
