Physical Anthropology Review of Terms

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  1. 3. A con of natural habitat observation for a person studying primates; difficult_______.
  2. 4. A principle whereby individuals pass on traits to their offspring.
  3. 5. A social construct historically used to justify prejudice. Not a real biological attribute that can be used to understand genetic diversity.
  4. 9. A principle whereby every species has a lot of variety in it.
  5. 11. The study of human ancestors using bones and stones.
  6. 12. She Made a trip to Africa in 1966 to study mountain gorillas (last name).
  7. 16. Travelled to Borneo, Indonesia in 1971 to observe orangutans.
  8. 17. Darwin published this idea regarding evolution in the Origin of Species (1859).
  9. 18. The skeleton that Donald Johanson found in 1974 in Ethiopia (40% recovered).
Down
  1. 1. A principle known as environmental_______whereby individuals who are better adapted to their environment will produce more offspring and pass on their traits to the next generation.
  2. 2. Walking on two legs.
  3. 4. A subfield of physical anthropology that explores the genetic diversity among human populations.
  4. 6. Our closest ancient human relatives (hominin ancestor.
  5. 7. A place where a person studying primates may conduct research on their subjects.
  6. 8. The study of the anatomy and behaviours of living primates.
  7. 10. Another Australopithecus afarensis discovered by Dr.Alemseged & his team in Dikika.
  8. 13. How our closes ancient human relatives (hominins) are described as an adaptation to icy conditions of northern Europe.
  9. 14. This doctor went to Tanzania to study chimpanzees.
  10. 15. Known as the ______footprints. Mary Leakey & her team discovered these footprints in volcanic ash; they show proof of ancient humans walking on two legs.