ANTH 414- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 89 pages long!)
6 Oct 2017
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1777(cid:524: height by age plot distance curve, rate of growth between measurements is equal to the velocity curve, increase in acceleration of growth at first, puberty is where it peaks then continues to decline. Historical perspective: early views of human variation, 1600s-european exploration, other groups categorized as morally and racially inferior, monogenic view/descendants from biblical adam and eve, single genes are passed down to the next generation. Heritability of cranial shape: sparks (cid:523)(cid:884)(cid:882)(cid:882)(cid:883)(cid:524) reanalysis of boas"s data. Transformation grids: comparing differential growth rates between species, look at points in relation to each other, tells the differences in shape over time, how an when in growth do we see large changes. Human growth history: gabrielo de cerbis (physician)-differences between adults and kids (1502, leonardo da vinci (1452-1519, dissected fetus, placenta, and stillborn infants, developed canons for drawing proportionality. Albrecht durer (1471-1528: geometric transformations, accurate representations of proportionality.
