ANTHRCUL 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Endogamy, Blindfold, Immigrant Generations

• School: U of M
• Department: Anthropology, Cultural
• Course: ANTHRCUL 101
• Professor: Holly Peters- Golden

Document Summary

Ethnicity: identification with, and feeling part of, an ethnic group and exclusion from certain other groups because of this affiliation. Convergent evolution: process of adapting to the same environmental forces in similar ways. Ex. dugongs and whales have similar tail flukes. Homologies: similarities jointly inherited from a common ancestor. Analogies: similarities due to adapting in similar ways. Sexual dimorphism: pronounced anatomical and behavioral differences between males and females. Trends in primate evolution- from primate to human. Grasping ability- arboreal (tree dwelling) opposable thumbs. Smell to sight- primate eyes are large, have color. Nose to hand- hand is main organ of learning through touch. Prehensile tails: tail of an animal that has adapted to be able to grasp or. Traits of old world monkeys (catarrhines)- hold objects. Raised narrow nose with nostrils facing down. Hominid: all the great apes: humans, gorillas, chimps. Hominin: all members of human lineage, after diverging from ancestral apes.