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Details Title: Unit 2 Description: RAKITA'S INTRO TO ANTHRO CLASS Total Flash Cards: 73 Created: 03/13/2007 16:41:56	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Homo habilus locations Definition east and south africa Term homo habilus tools Definition oldawalan Term homo erectus locations Definition africa, asia, indonesia, east europe Term homo erectus tools Definition acheulium Term homo neanderhal locations Definition europe and middle east Term homo neanderhal tools Definition mousterian Term homo sapiens location Definition all over Term homo sapien tools Definition upper paleolithic Term oldowan Definition first stone tools; hard rock strikes off flakes to make sharp small rock Term acheulium Definition tear drop shaped hand ax; use antler with some skull to be more presice. Term mousterian Definition pressure plating Term encephalization Definition increasing brain size Term Peking man found where? what type was he? Definition China; h.erectus Term which type has large nasal passages and short limbs to keep warm? Definition h. neanderhal Term mega-fauna Definition big animals (extinct) Term monte verde Definition site found with houses in swamp Term bollos Definition 2 rocks connected with string as a hunting tool Term 2 major ice glaciers Definition Laurentide Plate; Cordiaron Plate Term Kennewick Man Definition found with stone projectile arrow point in pelvis Term NAGPRA Definition Native American Grave Protection Term Clovis Definition a kill-site; where clovis points were found used as arrow heads (mega-fauna) Term kill-site Definition an area where a large number of animals are killed and tools are left there too Term Folsom Point Definition large flack missing in middle so it's easier to put on a pole. Term race Definition social categories Term majority Definition dominant/normal Term minority Definition inferior/subodinant groups Term pasive forms or racism Definition -mantian discrimination 1.stereotypes 2.income gap Term ethnicity Definition group reproduces share cultural values/core cultural beliefs field of communication and interaction members of group self identify with that group Term Culture by E.B. Taylor Definition include knowledge, belief art, morals, law, custom and other capabilities and habits aquired by man as a member of society Term culture is _______ Definition learned; can be transmitted parent to child or child to parent Term enculturation Definition learning a culture Term direct force of norm Definition political authority; violence Term indirect force of norm Definition point and laugh; peer pressure Term cultural relativism Definition each culture should be understood w/ in it's own context and terms Term Universal (H.R. perspective) Definition there are political, social, and economic rights that are givin to all, no matter what culture Term culture (Leslie White) Definition viewed as the non-physical means of adaption for a human organism to it's environment (it is evolving) Term symbol Definition something that refers to something else Term 3 different types of signs Definition Icons Index/Indicies Symbols Term icons Definition mimic what it refers to; looks like what it is ex= trash can on computer Term index/indicies Definition has a relationship with what it symbolizes ex= pointing fingure, bullet whole= gun Term symbols Definition signs that have arbatrary relationship to what it symbolizes ex= y call a dog dog? y not another name? Term polysemic Definition many meanings Term cultivation Definition assistance of desirable plants Term agriculture Definition cultivation of domesticants Term 2 types of agriculture Definition insipiant development adoption developement Term y change from hunting/gathering to agricultural Definition population pressure; environmental change Term fertle crescent Definition forst place of known domestication ex= wheat Term southwest is an area of _________ Definition adoption Term food collectors Definition hunter/gatherers Term 3 types of food producers Definition Horticulturalist Agriculturalist Pastoralist Term hunter/gatherer Definition very mobil small pop size has hiearchy Term horticulturalist Definition greater stability not big pop. Term agriculturalist Definition large group stable in-depth farming methods one person has one job Term pastoralist Definition raise domesticated animals (hearder) semi-nomadic (mobile) small communities social hierarchy Term what percent of human genetic variation occurs w/in a pop living on a given continent? Definition 90% Term distribution of polymorphisms reflects ______ Definition history Term Alus Definition short pieces of DNA that are similar in sequence to one another Term genetic analysis can ___________ Definition distinguish groups of people according to their geographic oragin Term haplotypes Definition differences in human genomes Term Eugene Dubois Definition found first fossil human remains outside Europe Term Java Man Definition homo erectus Term why are people on islands smaller? Definition 1. free of large predators 2. restricted food supply Term US makes up ____ percent of world population Definition 5 Term US consumes over ___ percent of resources Definition 25 Term Anasazi Definition well known and very consuming, their growth had to downsize to survive Term degeneralationism Definition theory of culture change that developed among christians in 19th century Term benefits of Efe care-taking Definition 1. exposed to more stimuly 2. vast social experience Term less than _____ languages left out of ____ Definition 200; 800 Term granny women Definition wild plants from woods and herbs from gardens to make meds and treat people Term yarb doctors Definition super natural beliefs, common household products to treat people Term root diggers Definition gather and sell madinal plants at market; best known for knowledge of botanicals Term infant sleeping patterns reflect _______ Definition cultural values Term Rico Definition dog that knows over 100 words