anthropology

Anthropology focuses on:

• our origins and culture

• how our mind works

• how families are set up

• how we relate to one another

Paleoanthropology is the study of:

• Ancient cultures

• Human differences in population

• Cultures of prehumans

• Bone and stone remains of ancient ancestors

Fossils are:

• evidence preserved in remains or impressions of biological matter

• ancient bone fragments

• human remains at least 100 000 years old

• human bone

Primates and humans are alike in the following ways except:

• S shaped spine

• long infant dependency period

• communication through facial expressions

• grasping hands

Which field of anthropology would most likely be interested in the marriage patterns and kinship systems of different societies around the world?

• cultural anthropology

• linguistic anthropology

• zooarchaeology

• all of the above

Which of the following best describe how anthropologists primarily learn new information about humans?

• field work

• laboratory experiments

• reading travelers accounts

• observation

The branch of anthropology that studies human biology, both past and present, including human evolution and contemporary biological variability.

• physical anthropology

• primatology

• linguistics

• ethnography

The anthropological analysis of human biological and cultural remains for legal purposes.

• cultural anthropology

• forensic anthropology

• linguistics

• primatology

Type of archaeology involves working on sites before development projects that may threaten a site.

• Cultural Resource Management

• Prehistory

• Human Resources

• Primatology

Detailed description of a specific culture by conducting long-term fieldwork

• ethnology

• forced observation

• ethnography

• day labor