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Unit 2
RAKITA'S INTRO TO ANTHRO CLASS
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
03/13/2007

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Homo habilus locations
Definition
east and south africa
Term
homo habilus tools
Definition
oldawalan
Term
homo erectus locations
Definition
africa, asia, indonesia, east europe
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homo erectus tools
Definition
acheulium
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homo neanderhal locations
Definition
europe and middle east
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homo neanderhal tools
Definition
mousterian
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homo sapiens location
Definition
all over
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homo sapien tools
Definition
upper paleolithic
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oldowan
Definition
first stone tools; hard rock strikes off flakes to make sharp small rock
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acheulium
Definition
tear drop shaped hand ax; use antler with some skull to be more presice.
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mousterian
Definition
pressure plating
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encephalization
Definition
increasing brain size
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Peking man found where? what type was he?
Definition
China; h.erectus
Term
which type has large nasal passages and short limbs to keep warm?
Definition
h. neanderhal
Term
mega-fauna
Definition
big animals (extinct)
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monte verde
Definition
site found with houses in swamp
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bollos
Definition
2 rocks connected with string as a hunting tool
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2 major ice glaciers
Definition
Laurentide Plate; Cordiaron Plate
Term
Kennewick Man
Definition
found with stone projectile arrow point in pelvis
Term
NAGPRA
Definition
Native American Grave Protection
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Clovis
Definition
a kill-site; where clovis points were found used as arrow heads (mega-fauna)
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kill-site
Definition
an area where a large number of animals are killed and tools are left there too
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Folsom Point
Definition
large flack missing in middle so it's easier to put on a pole.
Term
race
Definition
social categories
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majority
Definition
dominant/normal
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minority
Definition
inferior/subodinant groups
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pasive forms or racism
Definition
-mantian discrimination

1.stereotypes
2.income gap
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ethnicity
Definition
group reproduces
share cultural values/core cultural beliefs
field of communication and interaction
members of group self identify with that group
Term
Culture by E.B. Taylor
Definition
include knowledge, belief art, morals, law, custom and other capabilities and habits aquired by man as a member of society
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culture is _______
Definition
learned; can be transmitted parent to child or child to parent
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enculturation
Definition
learning a culture
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direct force of norm
Definition
political authority; violence
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indirect force of norm
Definition
point and laugh; peer pressure
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cultural relativism
Definition
each culture should be understood w/ in it's own context and terms
Term
Universal (H.R. perspective)
Definition
there are political, social, and economic rights that are givin to all, no matter what culture
Term
culture (Leslie White)
Definition
viewed as the non-physical means of adaption for a human organism to it's environment (it is evolving)
Term
symbol
Definition
something that refers to something else
Term
3 different types of signs
Definition
Icons
Index/Indicies
Symbols
Term
icons
Definition
mimic what it refers to; looks like what it is

ex= trash can on computer
Term
index/indicies
Definition
has a relationship with what it symbolizes

ex= pointing fingure, bullet whole= gun
Term
symbols
Definition
signs that have arbatrary relationship to what it symbolizes

ex= y call a dog dog? y not another name?
Term
polysemic
Definition
many meanings
Term
cultivation
Definition
assistance of desirable plants
Term
agriculture
Definition
cultivation of domesticants
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2 types of agriculture
Definition
insipiant development
adoption developement
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y change from hunting/gathering to agricultural
Definition
population pressure;
environmental change
Term
fertle crescent
Definition
forst place of known domestication

ex= wheat
Term
southwest is an area of _________
Definition
adoption
Term
food collectors
Definition
hunter/gatherers
Term
3 types of food producers
Definition
Horticulturalist
Agriculturalist
Pastoralist
Term
hunter/gatherer
Definition
very mobil
small pop size
has hiearchy
Term
horticulturalist
Definition
greater stability
not big pop.
Term
agriculturalist
Definition
large group
stable
in-depth farming methods
one person has one job
Term
pastoralist
Definition
raise domesticated animals (hearder)
semi-nomadic (mobile)
small communities
social hierarchy
Term
what percent of human genetic variation occurs w/in a pop living on a given continent?
Definition
90%
Term
distribution of polymorphisms reflects ______
Definition
history
Term
Alus
Definition
short pieces of DNA that are similar in sequence to one another
Term
genetic analysis can ___________
Definition
distinguish groups of people according to their geographic oragin
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haplotypes
Definition
differences in human genomes
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Eugene Dubois
Definition
found first fossil human remains outside Europe
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Java Man
Definition
homo erectus
Term
why are people on islands smaller?
Definition
1. free of large predators
2. restricted food supply
Term
US makes up ____ percent of world population
Definition
5
Term
US consumes over ___ percent of resources
Definition
25
Term
Anasazi
Definition
well known and very consuming, their growth had to downsize to survive
Term
degeneralationism
Definition
theory of culture change that developed among christians in 19th century
Term
benefits of Efe care-taking
Definition
1. exposed to more stimuly
2. vast social experience
Term
less than _____ languages left out of ____
Definition
200; 800
Term
granny women
Definition
wild plants from woods and herbs from gardens to make meds and treat people
Term
yarb doctors
Definition
super natural beliefs, common household products to treat people
Term
root diggers
Definition
gather and sell madinal plants at market; best known for knowledge of botanicals
Term
infant sleeping patterns reflect _______
Definition
cultural values
Term
Rico
Definition
dog that knows over 100 words
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