The earliest of the East African Homo erectus fossils come from
a. Easter Island.
b. East Texas.
c. East Turkey.
d. East Turkana.
e. East Texarcana.
d
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Anatomical and physiological differences among human populations, researched primarily by biological anthropologists are referred to as
a. species diversity. b. genetic anomalies. c. human variation. d. physical specializations.
Anthropologists, as compared to other social scientists, have spent a great deal of time studying kinship because they have:
a. always focused largely on biological relationships. b. concentrated mainly on small-scale societies where kinship relations tend to be important. c. always studied fictional relationships and how societies are organized socially and politically. d. concentrated on industrial societies where kinship relations tend to be important and affect the individual's ability to survive. e. have found that kinship is the single most significant factor in social organization in every human society.
Describe the ways biological anthropology and archaeology are multidisciplinary, and explain why this is important.
What will be an ideal response?
Australopithecus afarensis
A) is known from Hadar and Laetoli B) has a brain size in the range of 400-500 cc C) is a sexually dimorphic species with the female about 68% the height of males D) has a post-cranial anatomy well developed for bipedalism E) all of the above