ANTH 1001 Chapter : Anth 1001
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1/22/14: biological anthropology, study human biological evolution and bicultural variation, study of other primates. Fossil wt 15000: homo-erectus, rare to fine complete, 1. 6 million yrs old, very similar to modern human. Characteristics acquired in an individual"s lifetime are inherited by offspring. Impact in the environment makes the neck grow longer: 1/27/14, cuvier 1769-1832, paleontologists, comparative anatomy, catastrophism. Periodically have cataclysmic events that would impact either smaller local area or global. Would wipe out living forms that were there. If small scale, neighboring populations could move in. Trying to explain what he saw in fossil record, to explain extinctions: charles lyell 1797-1875. Breed of a specific trait this happens naturally in nature: basic processes. Biological variation exists in nature, in all species. Reproduction: individuals who survive pass on their traits, inheritable traits, fitness: a measure of reproductive success, able to have offspring and raise to reproductive age.
