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Second Anthropology Test
Anthro. Test
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
10/28/2014

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Project Washoe
Definition
  • Washoe was a chimp purchased by the Gardners
  • They later purchased Moja, Tatu, Dar and Loulis
  • Cross Foster - refers to one species raising another. Gardners cross fostered each chimp.
Term
Charles Dawson
Definition
Archaeologist that was credited then blamed for frauds dealing with that of the Piltdown Man
Term
Piltdown Man
Definition
Consisted of human skull, orang. jaw, chimp teeth and stone tools
Found by Charles Dawson
Term
Fluorine testing
Definition
Used to falsify authenticity of Piltdown Man.
Term
Sir Arthur Smith Woodward
Definition
Believes in Piltdown hoax
Unlikely perpetrator hoax
Term
Project Loulis
Definition
Was taught sign language by the other chimps
Term
Half life of carbon 14
Definition
5,730
Term
Who were the first Homonids?
Definition
The Neanderthals
Term
Mrs. Ples
Definition
Found by Robert
Cranial capacity 485cc
Term
What type of tools did Homo habilis use?
Definition
Stone tools
Term
What is the cranial capacity of a human?
Definition
1330 cc
Term
What is the cranial capacity of a chimp?
Definition
393cc
Term
What is the species of the Piltdown Man
Definition
Eoanthropus dawsoni
Term
P. robustus
Definition
Found by Robert Broom
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Taung Child
Definition
Found by Raymond Dart
A. africanus
Term
What species is Taung Child?
Definition
A. africanus
Term
What is an isotope?
Definition
An element with the same number of protons but different number of neutrons
Term
Where was sediba found?
Definition
Malapa Cave
Term
What are the different dating methods?
Definition

Faunal Correlation

Dendrochronology

Molecular Clocks

Term
What is faunal correlation?
Definition
Collecting and comparing fossils
Term
What is dendrochronology?
Definition
Dating method where tree rings are counted to determine age
Term
What are molecular clocks?
Definition
Dating method where molecular change is calculated to determine when two species diverged.
Term
Ernest Haeckel
Definition
  • Suggests the orangutans and gibbons were human's closest relatives
  • conjures up our missing link Pithecanthropus alalus (ape-man without speech)
Term
Eugene Dubois
Definition
  • Finder of Homo erectus
  • Was talked into letting scientist study his findings
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Sir Arthur Keith
Definition
Thought to be apart of Piltdown hoax with Dawson
Piltdown man's large brain fit his model
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Raymond Dart
Definition
Discovers Taung Child
Plubishes journal called Nature to prove Taung is a human ancestor
Develops Killer Ape Model and Osteodontokeratic culture to explain early
Term
Osteodontokeratic Culture
Definition
They used natural elements to make tools
Found no stones
Term
C.K. Brains
Definition
Concludes that fossil hominins in South Africa are likely the outcome of activities of leopards, heyena, and porcupines
Term
STS 14
Definition
Discovered by Broom
Fossil includes ribs, vertebral column, pelvis and femur and clearly demonstrates bipedalism
Term
Grafton Elliot Smith
Definition
Dart's advisor
Studied mammal, primate and Egyptian mummy brains
Hyperdiffusionism
Typologist and racist
Term
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Definition
Writes "In the Lost World"
"Lost World" is similar to Piltdown site
Term
Martin Hinton
Definition
Dislikes sir Arthur Woodward
Trunk with Hinton’s initials discovered with stained fossilized teeth within
Term
Robert Broom
Definition
Digs at several hominin sites: Sterkfontein, Swarskrans and Kromdraii
Important finds: Mrs. Ples (Australopithecus.africanus and Paranthropus. robustus)
Term
Sue Savage
Definition
Taught Rumbaugh and Kanzi
Term
Dr. Penny Patterson
Definition
Taught Koko
Koko likes cats
Term
Dr. Lyn Miles
Definition
Taught Chantek
Term
Stw 53: Little Foot
Definition
A. africanus
Ron Clarke suggests it's a new species
Skull, Manidible, hands, feet and bones
Term
Pithecanthropus erectus
Definition
Found by Dubois
Term
Australopithecus africanus
Definition
Discovered by Dart
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