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| What are the 3 key things to understand when being introduced to Animal Bones? |
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| Diets, Environment and Butchery and Hunting techniques |
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| What are some of the Secondary Products of Animals? |
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| What are the functions of a Skeleton? |
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| Support, Strength, Protection, Movement. |
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| What are the forms of a skeleton? |
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| Long strong limbs, ribcage, girdles, joints all for movement |
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| What are the differences iin skeletons? |
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| Adaptations, locomotion, diet, sexual differences (diamorphism) |
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| What sort of teeth do the Canidae group have? |
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Definition
| Carnivorous teeth- Carnassials, Incissors and Canines. |
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| What kind of teeth to the Bovidae group have? |
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Omnivore- Lower incisors, Canines.
Cephalophus (upper cheek teeth) |
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| Name two ways in which to define the sexual differences between skeletons? |
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| Different pelvis shapes, and Antlers- differences in horn shape and size. |
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| What is the make up and form of a skeleton? |
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70% inorganic mineral- Hydroxyapatite (calcium phosphate)-Which provides RIGITY.
30% organic component- Collagen( long fibrous protein) - Provides ELASTICITY |
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| What are the two types of osseous tissue that form bone and the describe them? |
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Cortial- Compact, hard/dense shafts, resistant.
Cancellous: Spongy, low density, epiphyses (end of the bone), made of Calcuim |
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| How do skeletons survive? |
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1. Organic material generally degrades, however in waterlogged conditions can be preserved.
2.Survival is dependant on the Preservation environment: acid/alkaline, Aerobic/anaerobic, dry/wet, hot/cold |
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| What are the Structures and Relationship between Survivabilty? |
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| Differential preservation and destruction, Types: Cortial- high survivability. Cancellous- low survivability. |
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| What is the study of Taphonomy? |
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| "The study of differences between fossil assemblage and the community from which it derived (Hill, 1978) |
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| What are the components of Taphonomy according to Davis? |
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| Biotic and Cultural, Anatomic, Thanatic, Sullegic, Perthotaxic, Trephic and Taphic |
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