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| human variation: Microevolution |
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| looks at the human genetics. |
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| What makes humans unique? |
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1. larger than most animals
2. have less hair
3. have larger brains relative to body size
4. bipedal
5. have abstract thought
6.speech
7. year round mating
8. variation in learning
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| takes place at a microscopic level. change of gene frequency between generations in a population. |
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| new species creaded from old species. |
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Theory of acquired characteristics
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| if an animal acquired a certain characteristic during its lifetime, it could pass it on to the next generation. |
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| every culture has to work together. |
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| perspective you need when studying humanity. (psychology, environment,biology,culture) |
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| study of existing cultures. |
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| judge another culture based on the perspective of our own culture. |
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| study of ancient disease. |
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| viewing a culture from its perspective. |
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| believed all life on Earth began from one source. |
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| mistaken belief that other people view the world the way we do. |
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| you work with people with a simpler culture and romanticize it. |
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| study of human skeletal system |
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| Earth was not the center of the universe. |
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| concluded that the Earth was 6,000 ytears old, based on the bible. |
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Somatic cells..
Form of reproduction.. |
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| animals are fixed. THe are now how they were first created. |
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| Linnean Hierarchy of Zoological classification. Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. |
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| wrote that if population went unchecked it would double every 25 years. |
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| Did not believe in fixity of species. believed that the difference between us and animals was a soul. |
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| coined the term "biology" |
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| after a catastrophy that destroyed all life forms, species of adjacentareas moved in. These species were similar yet different. This explained anatomical changes over time in a specfic area. |
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| geological process are the same as they have always been. |
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| "origins of species by means on natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for survival." |
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| came up with the idea of natural selection in Indonesia. |
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| Natural selection acts on __________ genetic |
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| Evolution acts on _______. |
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Gametes..
form of reproduction.. |
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| composed of a sugar, phosphate, and base pair. |
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| homologous pairs of chromosomes |
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| share genes for the same traits. |
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| carries a trait but doesn't epxress. WOmen are usually carriers. |
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"knuckle walking"
ex. gorillas and chimps |
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Base pairs
Adenine
Guanine |
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| slow, gradual change over time. |
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| triplets of mRNA. genetic language of amino acids. |
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walks on all four legs
ex. monkeys |
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| composed of 3 nucleotides. |
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| the location in the chromosome where the hour hands meet. |
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| cells that have a full set of chromosome set. |
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| have half of the complement of chromosomes. (Gametes) |
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| cross over / synaptic connection |
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| when homologous pairs exchange genetic information. |
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| has the same allels RR or rr |
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| has different alleles. (Rr) |
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| structural similarities based on common descent. The more homolgies the closer the species will appear in the taxonomic chart. |
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fist walking
ex orangutans |
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| chimpanzees, gorillas, oranguatans, bonobos |
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| behavioral ecology.looks at behavior that has a genetic basis. |
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| dental formula for new world monkeys |
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| live in communities. the males are the philopatric sex. |
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| functional similarities not based on common descent. |
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| live in troops. the philapatric sex is the female. |
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features similar to that of an ancestor.
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| a more recent charactertics. |
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| rapid evolutionary events |
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spermatogenesis
oogenesis |
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production of sperm
production of ova |
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| Characteristics of mammals |
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Warm blooded
hair/fur
sweat glands
heterodontismstronger than non mammals
supling
mammalian play
internal eardrum
external ear flap
4 chambered heart
more efficent limbs for improved locomotion. |
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| dental formula for old world monkeys |
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