BIOL 2153 Chapter : Genet Chapter 5 And 6 6th EdRevised
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Scientific method: question, background research, hypothesis, experiment, data, conclusion, present information. What do physical anthropologists study: bones and teeth, blood and genetics. Infectious diseases: nutrition, reproduction, growth and development, aging, primate social behavior, brain biology, living and dead. *george armelagos: physical anthropologists seek to: study humans from a biological and cultural perspective, the scientific method: involves empirical data collection and hypothesis testing, boas laid the foundation for scientific anthropology by: relying on the scientific method. All species are put in categories based on what they look like, what they do, etc. If lineages diverge to give rise to multiple daughter species that look slightly different: If organisms adapt to their environment as a result of. Processes that we observe in populations today must have occurred in the past. If this branching pattern explains the diversity of living organisms, then lots of time is required. In darwin"s view, the earth is old and is in constant flux: the environment is.
