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Undergraduate 2
05/12/2010

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Clinal Variation
Definition
clines are gradual changes in frequency of alleles or features across space.
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polytypic species
Definition
species that have local populations that differ in one or more traits, and exhibit wide genotypic and phenotypic variation,
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DNA markers
Definition
gene or fragment DNA with a known location used to compare between organisms to study relatedness.
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Haplotype
Definition
combination of alleles that are inherited as a unit due to location on the chromosome
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haplogroup
Definition
large set of haplotypes that may be used to define a population
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Genetic Distance
Definition
measure of relatedness between populations, used to model genetic drift v. gene flow
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Bergman's rule
Definition
given similar shape larger animals lose less heat than smaller animals
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Allen's Rule
Definition
in warmer climates animals have long lanky limbs, in colder climates animals have short bulky limbs.
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Skin color
Definition
melanin levels in the skin, selection of dark skin in places where there is high levels of UV rays
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acquired characteristics
Definition
not inherited characteristics
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Acclimation
Definition
short term adaptation (minutes to days)
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Acclimitization
Definition
longer term adaptation (days to months)
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Developmental Acclimitization
Definition
change/adaptation occurs during the physical growth of the organism
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cultural adaptation
Definition
the ability to exploit almost any environment, only for humans
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Domestication
Definition
physical change in a plant or animal due to human selection
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rachis
Definition
stem of a plant. becomes hard in domesticated plants
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glume
Definition
protective seed covering. becomes soft in domesticated plants
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Example of domestication?
Definition
Corn/maize so domesticated cannot reproduce without human intervention.
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monogeny
Definition
belief that all humans can from one set of ancestors
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polygeny
Definition
belief that human races are separate species with separate origins
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Linnaeus
Definition
clssified humans with all other organisms, but divided Homo sapiens up by basis of race and racial stereotypes
believed in Fixity of Species, consistant with belief of great chain of being
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Fixity of Species
Definition
all species remained unchanged throughout the history of the earth
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Great chain of being
Definition
medieval concept detailing a strict, hierarchical structure of all matter and life, believed to have been decreed by God.
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Buffon
Definition
viewed human species as singular.
noted influence of environment on organisms
coined term "race"
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Blumenbach's racial typology
Definition
based on skin color and other traits
recognized continous variation not distinct categories
looked for fixed traits
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Andre Retzius
Definition
Cephalic Index- measuring skull shape to determine race
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Biological Determinism and Essentialism
Definition
all scientists wanted to demonstract a biological reason for the superiority of European culture (product of enlightenment)
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Antimisegenation
Definition
opposed the mixing of races
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Franz Boas
Definition
father of modern anthropology
1st study of human plasticity
demonstrated culture and environment has as much say as inheritance of those genetic traits
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Forensic Anthropology
Definition
application of biological anthropology(osteology) to the legal process
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Bioarcheology
Definition
the application of biological anthropology (osteology) to study of human remains recovered from archeological sites
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Osteology of Individuals
Definition
Age, sex, stature, ancestry, Antemortem and perimortem pathology
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Antemorteum pathology
Definition
before death
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perimorteum
Definition
the instant of death, usually cause of death
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Osteology of populations
Definition
warfare and interpersonal violence
paleoepidemiology- ancient health and sickness
paleodiet
cultural behaviors
population genetics
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Cons of Agricultural lifeway
Definition
physiological stress (stature, enamel)
craniofacial changes
dental caries, antemorteum tooth loss
elevated warfare
elevated infectious disease
malnutrition
osteoarthritis
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Benefits of Domestication
Definition
higher population density
produce and store food
land inheritance
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Consequences of DOmestication
Definition
less balanced diet
increadsed dental caries
anemia
slow growth
decline in average life expectancy
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Social changes from Domestication
Definition
larger more permanent settlements
land inheritance
unequal distribution of resources
hierarchy
ascribed status (from birth)
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Old World Staples
Definition
Wheat Barley goats sheep rice
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New World Staples
Definition
corn beans squash potatoes llamas alpacas
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Oasis Hypothesis
Definition
all habitable areas were reduced to oases and in order to compete in a restricted area they had to invent domestication
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Natural Habitat hypothesis
Definition
domestication took place where people encountered wild ancestors of domestic plants and animals "hilly flanks" fertile crescent region
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Population pressure "edge" hypothesis
Definition
rising populations among hunter gathers in areas where wild plants and animals were less available meant some people had to develop farming in order to sustain the population
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Social hypothesis
Definition
farming encouraged because it allows people to accumulate stores that can be converted to labor or valued objects
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Neolithic
Definition
Old World term for time at the beginning of domestication and prior to smelting of metals
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native metals
Definition
COLD hammered and annealed with evidence of long distance trade.
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Late archaic period
Definition
used only in eastern part of the US lasts much later than mesolithic era of the Old World
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Failed Domesticates
Definition
domestication does not happen just because it is possible, requires cultural acceptance.
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Extinction at the end of the Pleistocene
Definition
no idea why possibilities:human hunting, climate change
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Mesolithic
Definition
end of Pleistocene to beginning of dependence on domestication OLD WORLD ONLY
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Archaic
Definition
end of Pleistocene to beginning of dependence on domestication NEW WORLD ONLY
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Themes of Mesolithic and Archaic
Definition
people settling down for some periods of time seasonal movements. still hunter gatherers, use wide variety of food stuffs and settle near estuaries
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