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Forensic Anthropology
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Forensic Anthropology is a specialized field that applies principles of physical anthropology and human osteology to legal processes. This course introduces students to the identification of human skeletal remains in a forensic context, focusing on the biological profile, including age, sex, ancestry, and stature estimation, as well as the analysis of trauma and pathological conditions. Students will also learn about techniques used in personal identification, the role of forensic anthropologists in criminal investigations, and their collaboration with law enforcement and other forensic specialists. Through case studies and hands-on activities, the course emphasizes ethical considerations and current best practices in forensic anthropology.
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Our Origins Discovering Physical Anthropology 2nd Edition by Clark Spencer Larsen
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Chapter 1: What Is Physical Anthropology
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Q1) You are on a paleoanthropological dig in Ethiopia.You and your team uncover fossilized finger and toe bones.You notice that while these bones are not as curved as modern-day ape bones,they are not as straight as modern-day human bones.These bones are slightly curved.What kind of environment did this individual live in?
A)grassland
B)desert
C)forested areas
D)tundra
Answer: C
Q2) Recent studies have refuted Darwin's hypothesis that the earliest hominids originated in grasslands.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Margaret Mead was an early physical anthropologist who worked in Papua New Guinea.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Evolution: Constructing a Fundamental Scientific Theory
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Q1) Mendel's plant hybridization experiments demonstrated that: A)inherited traits from each parent blended together in the offspring.
B)DNA was the molecule carrying the genetic code.
C)peas were a poor choice for understanding basic hereditary principles. D)traits inherited from each parent remained distinct in the offspring.
Answer: D
Q2) What is the significance for evolutionary theory of Darwin's analysis of the Galápagos finches? Provide at least one example in your answer.
Answer: The diversity of the various finch populations lent support to the idea that over time natural selection could transform a single common ancestral form into a variety of descendant species.This phenomenon is referred to as adaptive radiation.Each descendant species had adapted to its particular habitat;for example,the ground finch had evolved a more robust beak to accommodate a diet including hard objects such as seeds.
Q3) Natural selection works on preexisting variation in a population.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Genetics: Reproducing Life and Producing
Variation
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Q1) Down syndrome can occur:
A)as a result of translocation during mitosis.
B)because of nondisjunction,which yields an extra chromosome.
C)most frequently in the offspring of women under the age of 40.
D)all of the above
Answer: B
Q2) An individual that is homozygous at the locus that determines ABO blood type may have any of the following EXCEPT:
A)type AB blood.
B)type O blood.
C)type A blood.
D)type B blood.
Answer: A
Q3) Haplotypes are:
A)not likely to recombine during crossovers.
B)likely to recombine during crossovers.
C)genes that code for similar things.
D)genetic material that comes from one parent only.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Genes and Their Evolution: Population Genetics
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Q1) Explain how the founder effect can lead to a descendent population that differs greatly from its parent population over a relatively short period of time.
Q2) You are reading a scientific article about cheetahs that have stripes instead of spots.The article refers to this as a genetic mutation.Though you see it has no negative impacts on the cheetahs' fitness,the stripes are nevertheless considered a genetic mutation because:
A)mutations can result in an evolutionary advantage.
B)mutations can result in an evolutionary disadvantage.
C)mutations can have no effect on the phenotype.
D)all of the above
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a genetic disorder that decreases susceptibility to malaria?
A)G6PD deficiency (favism)
B)sickle-cell anemia
C)Huntington's chorea
D)thalassemia
Q4) The inability to taste PTC indicates a homozygous recessive genotype.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Biology in the Present: Living People
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Q1) Bergmann's rule states that heat-adapted mammals will have long limbs,which maximize the body's surface area.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Puberty is marked by:
A)menarche in girls.
B)similar body size in boys and girls.
C)completion of brain growth.
D)adult social roles.
Q3) Infancy ends:
A)at 36 months.
B)before deciduous dentition has completely erupted.
C)with completion of brain growth.
D)with weaning,which occurs at the same time across cultures.
Q4) Exercise improves physical fitness by contributing to all of the following EXCEPT:
A)increased bone strength.
B)increased heart and lung function.
C)increased cholesterol.
D)lower blood pressure.
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Chapter 6: Biology in the Present: The Other Living Primates
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Q1) Primates' enhanced sense of vision stems from:
A)eyes rotated forward.
B)tendency toward nocturnality.
C)color vision.
D)both A and C
Q2) Which of the following were identified by Sir William le Gros Clark as tendencies of primates?
A)the presence of arboreal adaptations
B)increased parental investment
C)the presence of dietary plasticity
D)all of the above
Q3) Prehensile tails:
A)are present in catarrhine primates.
B)are present in most primates.
C)are present only in some platyrrhines.
D)none of the above
Q4) Compare and contrast both the anatomy and the special senses of prosimians and anthropoids.
Q5) Describe similarities and differences in diet and dentition among prosimians,Old World monkeys and apes.
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Chapter 7: Primate Sociality, social Behavior, and Culture
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Q1) Certain primate vocalizations have been found to possess structural elements similar to those observed in human language:
A)through the discovery of the potential use of affixation by species of arboreal monkey.
B)through the discovery that nonhuman primates continue to produce new sounds throughout the course of life.
C)through the discovery that all primate vocalizations are referential.
D)none of the above
Q2) Sexual dimorphism in body size is greater in societies where males do not compete for access to females.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Some primate groups break apart and reunite depending on food supply.
A)True B)False
Q4) Describe the range of primate residence patterns.Relate social grouping to food and reproduction.
Q5) Why are primates social?
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Chapter 8: Fossils and Their Place in Time and Nature
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Q1) The chart that shows the different time periods in Earth's history and also indicates significant evolutionary events is called the:
A)temporal display.
B)geologic time scale.
C)paleochart.
D)virtual time machine.
Q2) Which geological time period is referred to by geologists as the oldest portion of Earth's history,accounting for roughly 87% of that history?
A)Triassic period
B)Pleistocene epoch
C)Paleozoic era
D)Precambrian eon
Q3) Fossils representing most of the living groups of animals (e.g.,fish,insects,mammals)derive from the Precambrian eon.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Differentiate between absolute and relative dating techniques,giving one example of each.
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Chapter 9: Primate Origins and Evolution: The First 50
Million Years
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Q1) Based on their morphology,omomyids are probably closely related to tarsiers.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A fossil primate with legs and arms of about equal length would most likely have gotten around using which form of locomotion?
A)leaping
B)quadrupedalism
C)swinging under branches
D)bipedalism
Q3) Which Eocene primate from China has recently been proposed as an extremely primitive,and tiny,anthropoid?
A)Eosimias
B)Khoratopithecus
C)Adapis
D)Notharctus
Q4) The skeleton of most Miocene apes was more like that of living monkeys than like that of living apes.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Early Hominid Origins and Evolution: The Roots of Humanity
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Q1) Which of the following would NOT be part of an Oldowan toolkit?
A)simple stone flakes
B)rounded and pitted hammerstones
C)crude core pieces
D)long,sharp blades
Q2) The first hominids appeared in Africa about 2-3 mya.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The oldest known possibly bipedal hominid genus is:
A)Sahelanthropus.
B)Australopithecus.
C)Homo.
D)Ardipithecus.
Q4) Rodman and McHenry's hypothesis to account for the success of the bipedal adaptation in early hominids involves mainly:
A)keeping cool in the heat of the day out on the savanna.
B)males provisioning females and young.
C)energetic efficiency in moving between patches of forest.
D)freeing of the hands to make stone tools.
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Chapter 11: The Origins and Evolution of Early Homo
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Q1) Homo erectus skulls:
A)are long,low,and wide at the base.
B)have thick bones.
C)have large browridges.
D)all of the above
Q2) Describe Homo erectus's cranial and postcranial anatomical characteristics.How is this species significantly different from earlier hominids?
Q3) The Daka Member,Ethiopia is a prime example of:
A)the utility of material culture to manipulate the environment.
B)the importance of environmental reconstruction for better understanding of hominid fossils.
C)how fire affected digestion in early hominids.
D)all of the above
Q4) Australopithecus garhi has been proposed as a likely ancestor for Homo habilis.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Homo habilis had controlled use of fire.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: The Origins,evolution,and Dispersal of Modern People
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Q1) The two traditional models of modern human origins are out-of-Africa and multiregional continuity.Briefly describe the main tenets of these,and then discuss how the more recent assimilation model differs from each.
Q2) Burial of the dead with elaborate grave goods is attributed to:
A)Homo neanderthalensis.
B)Homo sapiens.
C)Homo erectus.
D)both A and B
Q3) Broken Hill,Dali,and Atapuerca are Old World sites that contain the remains of:
A)Homo erectus.
B)modern Homo sapiens.
C)archaic Homo sapiens.
D)Neandertals.
Q4) The Australian site where surprisingly robust 9,000-13,000-year-old human skulls were found is:
A)Kow Swamp.
B)Lake Mungo.
C)Melbourne.
D)Tasmania.
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Q1) How many separate centers of domestication exist,according to archaeologists?
A)three
B)five
C)seven
D)eleven
Q2) The large jaws of gorilla species,in addition to a sagittal crest,provide support for:
A)the temporalis-functional hypothesis used to describe variation and adaptation in human skulls.
B)the masticatory-functional hypothesis used to describe variation and adaptation in human skulls.
C)the masticatory-functional hypothesis which suggests that soft foods result in large jaw size.
D)none of the above
Q3) More than 20% of all calories consumed by people today comes from: A)millet. B)rice.
C)sorghum. D)corn.
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Chapter 14: Evolution: Today and Tomorrow
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Q1) The H2 haplotype on chromosome 17 occurs in about 21% of European women.Natural selection is strongly implicated because:
A)H2 women are infertile.
B)H2 women have 3.5% more children than do non-H2 women.
C)H2 women have 25% more children than do non-H2 women.
D)H2 women suffer from high rates of tuberculosis.
Q2) What percentage of the world's population currently lives in cities?
A)25%
B)90%
C)75%
D)50%
Q3) The hygiene hypothesis proposes that the allergy epidemic has been brought about by too many:
A)dirt particles in the environment.
B)industrial environmental pollutants.
C)endotoxins.
D)none of the above
Q4) Are we still evolving? What will human biology look like in the future?
Q5) What are the most important forces shaping human biology today?
Q6) Discuss how the forces of evolution operate on human populations today.
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