APY 203 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon, Georges Cuvier, Erasmus Darwin
10 Oct 2018
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What is physical/ biological anthropology: the study of human and closely related species both living and dead, biology and behavior within the framework of evolution. It emphasizes the intersection of biology and culture. Subsections of physical anthropology: paleoanthropology, primatology, human biology, forensic anthropology, bioarcheology. E(cid:448)olutio(cid:374) (cid:373)ea(cid:374) s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272)all(cid:455) i(cid:374) toda(cid:455)"s respe(cid:272)t: change in gene frequency in a population over time. Significance of laetoli site: fossils of australopithecus afarensis was found for the first time. Biological continuum: a set of relationships in which all components fall along a single intergraded spectrum. Evolution: by means of natural selection is a scientific theory just evolution is a fact. Idea of all beings being copies or variation of the essence of what divine authority had created an original perfect form. Fixity: the essence of life forms are unchanging (fixed) at its core. Great chain of being: a scale of place and station and hierarchy of life forms reinforces the idea of fixity.
