Anthropology 250 March 13‚ 2012 Midterm Section 1: Short Answer 2. List and briefly explain the three goals of archaeology. How do they apply and differ from the earlier paradigms of archaeology? * The three goals of archaeology are the study of culture history‚ reconstruct past life ways‚ and understand cultural processes. The study of culture history is to piece together the history of how culture changes over time. To reconstruct past life ways is a complex process that involves a
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parental responsibilities. As for the long-term adaption‚ the younger apes would learn from the adults by watching them. Part II: The Evolution of Humankind 3. a) The ape that lived 3‚5 millions years ago belonged to the genus‚ Australopithecus and the species‚ afarensis. b) They lived in trees and near rivers to drink in the morning. Their territory
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creation stories- comparing the Eskimo creation story‚ the Genesis creation story‚ and the evolution creation theory. There are some very different theories but some very similar concepts between the Eskimo creation story‚ the Genesis creation story‚ and the theory of evolution. The Genesis and Eskimo stories are pretty old whereas the theory of evolution is a lot newer. The Eskimo creation story has been ruled out by most as a myth or a folk tale. The Genesis story and the theory of evolution
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Human Evolution Who we are as a species‚ and where we came from; make up the basis of a fantastic story‚ spanning more than 4 million years. The search for the origins of humanity will be a story of bones and the tales they tell. It’s a story that begins in Africa‚ where our ancestors first stood up.Over millions of years they continued to evolve and eventually spread out across the globe. Some species adapted to the changing world‚ while others went extinct. Today only a single species
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1. The concept of descent with modification‚ or evolution‚ has a great deal of evidence in its support. Indicate the major types of evidence? The concept or idea that species change and evolve into new and different species was described and was an established concept in Darwin’s day this was described as descent with modification. The Concept of descent with modification has major evidence in support‚ in fact we no longer refer to the this adaption as descent with modification‚ rather it is now
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Australopithecus 1.Extinct genus of hominids 2.Lived in South Africa 3.Lived about 3.3 to 2.1 million years ago 4.Had large brains 5.Had small teeth 6.walked bipedally 7.Discovered 1924 8.Average Height for male is 4ft 6in. 9.Female Average height is 3ft 9in. 10.Male average weight is 90 pounds 11.Female average weight is 66 pounds 12.they ate fruit‚ nuts ‚and eggs 13.Oldest known early human 14.First found was named Lucy 15.Looked like apes Neanderthal Man 1.Closest extinct human
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Tiffany Le Professor: Somerville HDP111 April 15‚ 2016 Human evolution Over decades‚ many Americans reject the ideas of evolution and there were many arguments against the theory of human evolution. However‚ in order to understand how the human developed‚ we must look at the human evolution. For many centuries‚ we have been curious about our origins and our human bodies structure. How we got to be the kind of species we are today‚ such as the way we look; walking upright on two legs‚ our hands
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the need to use weapons and tools and many more (NOVA‚ 2013). There are numerous arguments associated with bipedalism as no one can be entirely sure as to what constituted to the emergence of this trait‚ which was first present in hominins Australopithecus Afarensis. Anthropologists claim that there is a missing link in the evolutionary lineage that makes it hard to confirm the real cause of bipedalism emergence. However‚ there are some models which are widely accepted by scientific world‚ such as the
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same species as Lucy‚ another fossil founded by Don Johansen in the 1970’s. The key reason to why these fossils were quite important is that they were both bipedalist species. Millions of years ago in Kenya‚ Africa‚ the climate was dramatically different from what it is presently. Instead of an extremely dry hot desert‚ it was covered with wet and tropical rainforests and included a massive lake larger than any of The Great Lakes. This is where the ancestors of Selam and Lucy lived‚ but as the
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Many processes have taken place to shape humans from the Australopithecus Afarensis to the modern day human also known as the Homo Sapien. As a result‚ the two defining traits that occurred by taxonomy are the effects of brain size and bipedalism. Humans‚ like other primates are considered as Order Primates in the Hominidae family and therefore are a prime example of taxonomy when the two diverged into different species. During taxonomy when humans diverged from their ancestors 6 to 7 million years
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