[ARCH 131] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (25 pages long!)

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Arch 131: chapter 6 human variation: evolution, adaption, and adaptability. 6. 1 explain the different ways of categorizing human variation at the group level. 6. 2 summarize the history of the study of human variation, including the polygenism/monogenism debate, discuss the (cid:271)iologi(cid:272)al (cid:271)asis of traditional (cid:858)ra(cid:272)ial(cid:859) features. 6. 3 recognize how population genetics can be used to identify microevolutionary patterns of human variation, including how that variation may relate to human health and reconstruct the histories of human populations. 6. 4 using examples such as lactase persistence and sickle cell trait, describe the evolution of polymorphism in human populations as a result of direct natural selection or of balancing selection. Darwin wanted to understand skin colour trait outside of a racial context. Study human variation oday with evolutionary approach by darwin. Modern humans show substantial individual variation, but biological anthropologist have been interested in variation at the population level. Noticed people from different populations look and behave differently.

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