ANTH 1001 : Anthro Exam 3
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Osteological terms: cranial, postcranial, standard anatomical position. Terms: anterior/posterioi, supereior/inferior, medial/lateral, proximal/distal- part of element closest to skull/ part furthest away from skull, ventral/dorsal- stomach side/back side. Paleoanthropolgy: **study of human evolution and fossil record, *goals, *identify species in the fossil record (paleospecies, *understand relationship among fossils (with each other), but also with modern humans, *gain insight into behavior of those species. ** the big three - did not occur simultaneously: culture- material culture, but includes religion, art, ect, brain size, bipedality- walking on two feet all the time (habitual, obligate), earliest in fossil record. Bipedality: skull, foramen magnum- quadruped has this more posteriorly than a bipedal (hole for brain string to come out) Skeletal adaptations for bipedality: spinal curvature, pelvis shape (ilia)- human: bowl shaped, anterior posterior ilia, great ape: flatter, rectangular, medial laterally oriented ilia, femur, bicondylar angle- angle created when you put distle part of femur. What is she saying: neck length, feet-
