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Modern Human Variation:
Is there a biological basis for human "race"? |
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| No; there aren't distinct racial groups |
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Modern Human Variation:
DNA Evidence for variation among humans?
Hint: 94%/6% statistics |
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| 94% variation within humans is found WITHIN groups. 6% of variation is found BETWEEN groups. Pretty neat-o. |
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Modern Human Variation:
Skin color: Distribution? |
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Modern Human Variation:
Skin color: What is it? |
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Modern Human Variation:
Skin color: What is the relationshup to Vitamin D?
(Bonus: What does it say about those with darker skin? Lighter skin?) |
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UV needed for Vitamin D synthesis.
Darker skin is protection; preventing too much synth.
Lighter skin is to take in more UV, allowing Vitamin D to happen. |
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Modern Human Variation:
The ABO Blood system: What are the 6 possible genotypes? |
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Modern Human Variation:
The ABO Blood system: What are the 4 possible phenotypes? |
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Modern Human Variation:
The ABO Blood system: Transfusion compatability: Who can type A give blood to? |
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Modern Human Variation:
The ABO Blood system: Transfusion compatability: Who can type B give blood to? |
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Modern Human Variation:
The ABO Blood system: Transfusion compatability: Who can type AB give blood to? |
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Modern Human Variation:
The ABO Blood system: Transfusion compatability: Who can type O give blood to? |
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| ANY! Call 'em Universal donors. |
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Modern Human Variation:
The ABO Blood system: Transfusion compatability: Who can type O receive blood from |
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Modern Human Variation:
The ABO Blood system: Transfusion compatability: Who can type AB receive blood from? |
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Modern Human Variation:
Lactose tolerance: Distribution: Where is TOLERANCE most common? |
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Modern Human Variation:
Lactose tolerance: Distribution: Where is it least common? |
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| Central America, Australia |
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Modern Human Variation:
Lactose tolerance: Relationship to dairying? |
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Populations that dairy farm ("dairying") are tolerant.
Development in the last 6-10ky. |
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Modern Human Variation:
Climate adaption: Bergmann's Rule? |
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| In cold climates we see animals with large MASS not size. |
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Modern Human Variation:
Climate adaption: Allen's Rule? |
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Equiaxal forms: have low surface area. Retain heat in cold climates
Elongated forms: larger surface area. Lose heat quickly. HOT climates. |
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Forensic Anthropology:
Definition |
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| "Applied" area of biological anthro. |
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Forensic Anthropology:
Protocol? |
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| Set of questions they need to answer in every case |
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Forensic Anthropology:
Protocol: First two questions |
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1. Human or animal?
2. How many individuals |
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Forensic Anthropology:
Protocol: Once they answer the first two questions, what is the next question? |
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Forensic Anthropology:
Protocol: Age determination: elaborate on "tooth eruption" |
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| Really good to ID juveniles. ID stage of tooth eruption, very specific stages so can ID individual down to several months of age |
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Forensic Anthropology:
Protocol: Age determination: elaborate on "Epiphyseal Fusion" |
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| Fusion of head of bone to shaft. Diff stages up to 25y/o |
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Forensic Anthropology:
Protocol: Age determination: elaborate on "Tooth wear" |
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| How long they been chewin'. Used for adult individuals. |
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Forensic Anthropology:
Protocol: Age determination: elaborate on "Suchey-Brooks" |
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| ID age by stage of fusion of pubic bones |
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Forensic Anthropology:
Protocol: After determining the age of an individual, what's next? |
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Sex determination
Note: Only becomes defined after skelatal maturation, ~18y/o
Two ways: Cranial sexing and pelvic sexing |
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Forensic Anthropology:
Protocol: Sex determination: Cranial Sexing. What do you look for? |
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| Males: square orbits, more defined brow ridge, square chin, bigger mastoid process |
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Forensic Anthropology:
Protocol: Sex determination: Pelvic Sexing. What do you look for? |
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| Male: narrow subpubic degree, narrow pelvic opening |
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Forensic Anthropology:
Protocol: after determining Sex what do you determine? |
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| Stature estimation; an estimate based on metric measurements. Use long bones. |
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Forensic Anthropology:
Protocol: After determining the stature what do you determine? |
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Forensic Anthropology:
Protocol: Antemortem pathology: What is it? Gimme some examples. |
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| Things determined to have happened prior to death, but didn't affect death. IE sinus infection, healed fracture, osteoarthritis. |
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Forensic Anthropology:
Protocol: Perimortem pathology: What is it? Gimme some examples. |
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| Things determined to may have contributed to death. ie Blunt instrument, knife wounds, strangulation. |
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