[ANTH-UA 2] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 12 pages long Study Guide!
5 Oct 2016
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Anthropology: study of the evolution and culture of primates with focus on hominins. Hominin: human lineage, defined by the humans and their fossil ancestors after the division from apes by means of evolution. Evolution: the change in frequency of a genetic trait over generations. Ethnography: a description of individual people or cultures. Ethnology: comparison of ethnographies (i. e. colonialism, nationalism, feminism, gender and sexuality) Linguistics: study of language, origin of language and the use of language. Archaeology: study of material culture of past peoples. Biological anthropology: study of evolution based on the human species. Primate characteristics: primitive or ancestral traits retained by primates. Presence of a post-orbital bar found next to the eye socket. It is an evolutionary adaptation to living in trees. Increased flexion to the skull base means a higher frequency in large brains. The inner ear bones found in petrous not tympanic part of the temporal bone. First division of primates (lemurs and lorises) characteristics.
