Details Title: 2414 Anthro Test 1 Description: Flash cards for the first Anthro test at Texas State Total Flash Cards: 48 Created: 09/30/2009 09:06:15		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Anthropology Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Robert Darwin Definition Charles Darwin's father Term John Stevens Henslow Definition Charles Darwin's tutor at Cambridge Term Robert FitzRoy Definition Requested a "gentleman companion" Term Gregor Mendel Definition Principle of independent assortment Term Thomas Malthus Definition Wrote "An Essay on the Principle of Population" Term Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck Definition Inheritence of acquired traits Term Willi Hennig Definition Wrote "Phylogenetic Systematics" Term Charles Darwin Definition Wrote "Voyage of the Beagle" Term Charles Lyell Definition Uniformitarianism, and the father of Geology Term Theodosius Dobzhanksy Definition Wrote "Genetics and the Origin of Species" Term Carolus Linneaus Definition Father of Taxonomy Term Josiah Wedgewood Definition Darwin's maternal grandfather Term Georges Cuvier Definition Catastrophism Term During cladogenesis, _______ counter-acts the effects of mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift. Definition Gene Flow Term Charles Darwin was a ________. Definition Gradualist Term Mendel used cross-fertilization to produce ___________. Definition the first filial generation Term In Mendel's experiments, recessive traits appeared to "skip" which generation? Definition the first filial generation Term The taxonomic name for a human is __________. Definition Homo sapiens (ITALICIZED) Term A population is more likely to undergo speciation if it is _________. Definition Small and under strong selection pressure Term Catastrophism and Uniformitarianism Definition 19th Century theories concerning the tempo and mode of geological change Term Punctuated equilibrium and Phyletic gradualism Definition 20th century theories concerning the tempo and mode of evolutionary change Term Theistic Evolution Definition Evolution is God's mechanism for creation Term Punctuated equilibrium Definition "Non-Darwinian" evolution Term 65 mya Definition Extinction of the dinosaurs Term 3.5 bya Definition Earliest life on Earth Term 200 kya Definition First modern humans Term 20 kya Definition Humans remain as only living species of Homo Term Gametes are formed during the process of mitosis (T or F) Definition False. Meiosis. Term The mechanisms underlying microevolution and macroevolution are the same (T or F) Definition True. Term The Ussher-Lightfoot date for the beginning of the Earth is 4004 BC (T or F) Definition True Term Males have nipples because they once assisted females in breast feeding (T or F) Definition False Term A gene is a DNA sequence that codes for a polypeptide chain (T or F) Definition True Term We can expect that humans will evolve to tolerate air pollution (T or F) Definition False Term People with Down's syndrome are missing a chromosome (T or F) Definition False. They have an extra chromosome Term Humans brains stoppped getting larger 50,000 years ago (T or F) Definition True Term Evolution is teleological (T or F) Definition True. (Def. of teleological: always moving toward a goal) Term The population ________ (can/cannot) survive without variation. Definition Cannot Term The earliest life appeared _____ BYA Definition 3.5 Term Pleiotrophic Effect Definition 1 gene effects many traits Term Polytrophic Effect Definition many genes effect one trait Term Locus Definition The name that genes are also referred to as Term The average human brain weighs ________ grams. Definition 1350 grams Term Anagenesis Definition Gradual change through time Term Cladogenesis Definition splitting off to create a new species Term There are 2 ways to pass on genes: 1. _______________ 2. _______________ Definition 1. Have children 2. Your relatives have children Term Cost < Genetic Relativeness x Benefit Definition Term Homology Definition similarity due to common descent Term Homoplasy Definition due to convergent evolution, no common ancestry involved. Independent adaption due to similar environment.