ANTH 1001 : ANTHRO 1001 FINAL EXAM NOTES
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Anthro 1001 unit 3 - final exam 12/7/2013 8:58:00 am. Paleoanthropology the study of human evolution & the fossil record: goals, 1. To identify hominid & hominin species in the fossil record (paleospecies): 2. Establish the fossils relationship to each another & to modern humans: 3. Culture ability to modify objects; to teach & pass on information, etc: material culture apes don"t have music, ritual, religion, & sports, but humans do, 2. Brain size humans are the most encephalized of primates: encephalized brain is big compared to body size, 3. Bipedality walking on 2 limbs: humans are the only primates that are obligate bipeds . Spoiler fossil or sight that calls into question the current understanding of fossil records. & top of the skull: nuchal crest a sharp ridge of bone in the back of the skull, towards the bottom, angled occipital region bone in the back of the skull where the nuchal crest is.
