Wvu Anthropology Exam 3 Study Guide 2024 Questions And Detailed Answers| A+ Grade

Primatology {Ans: The study of living and fossil primates}Archaic Homo Sapiens {Ans: (300,000-28,000 BP) -Brain size within modern human range (1350cc) -rounding out of brain case associated with increased brain size}Neandertals vs. modern people {Ans: 1. neandertals had rugged skeletons and faces with huge front teeth, larger cranial capacity, and great sexual dimorphism.}Paleoanthropology {Ans: Human evolution as revealed by fossil record}Punctuated Equilibrium {Ans: 1.long periods of stasis may be interrupted by evolutionary leaps 2.sudden environmental changes offer possibility for pace of evolutions to speed up 3.although species can survive radical environmental shifts, extinction is more common (opposes the modern synthesis)}Analogy {Ans: A comparison of two different organisms that are alike in some way. -convergent evolution creates analogous structures that have similar form or function, but that were not present in the last common ancestor of those groups.}