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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
09/18/2011

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Term

Morphology

Definition

ยท         study of shape or form in transition.

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Homoplasies

Definition

traits based on similar pressures

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o Homologies
Definition

 

o   - traits that are the same, based on shared ancestor.

 

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Adaptive Radiation

Definition

Species that are closely related look very different

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Convergence

Definition

opposite of adaptive radiation. Two distantly related species look similar. Based on similar pressures of environment.

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Vestigal traits

Definition

traits that were left over, but not needed anymore.

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Ontogeny

Definition

 

start of life to death. Your life!

 

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1925 - Raymond Dart

Definition

 

·         found first hominid fossil in Africa.

 

o   Previously everyone said that we all originated in Africa.

 

o   Taung – A. Africanus found. 3-6 years of age

Foramen magnum – the whole in the back of the head is shaped differently

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