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| scientific discipline that studies biology and behavioral characteristics of human beings, the non-human primates and the ancestors of both. |
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| A change in the genetic structure of a population - new species. |
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| colloquial term for members of the evolutionary group that includes modern humans and now extinct bipedal relatives. |
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| A group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring. |
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| Memebers of the mammalian order Primates, which include lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, apes and humans. |
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| An anatomical, physiological, or behavioral response of organisms or populations to the environment. |
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| Having to do with the studying of gene structure and action and the patterns of inheritance of traits from parent to offspring. Genetic mechanisms are the foundation for evolutionary change. |
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| Behavioral aspects of human adaptation, including technology, traditions, language, religion, marriage patterns, and social roles; learned; transmitted from one generation to the next by non-biological means. |
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| The mutual interactive evolution of human biology and culture; the concept that biology makes culture possible and that developing culture further influences the direction of biological evolution |
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| Detailed descriptive studies of human societies. In cultural anthropology, an ethnography is traditionally the study of a non-Western society. |
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| Objects or materials made or modified for use by hominins. The earliest artifacts are usually tools made of stone, or occasionally, bone. |
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| A provisional explanation of a phenomenon; require verification or falsification through testing. |
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| Relying on experiment or observation. |
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| A broad statement of scientific relationships or underlying principles that has been substantially verified through the testing of hypotheses. |
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| Using all four limbs to support the body during locomotion |
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| Viewing other cultures from the inherently biased perspective of one's own culture. |
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| The most critical mechanism of evolutionary change, first descrived by Charles Darwin; refers to genetic change or changes in the frequencies of certain traits in population due to differential reproductive success between individuals. |
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| The notion that species, once created, can never change; an idea diametrically opposed to theories of biological evolution. |
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| Pertaining to groups of organisms that, mainly because of genetic differences, are prevented from mating and producing offspring with members of such other groups. - Ex: cats and dogs. |
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| In taxonomy, the convention established by Carolus Linnaeus whereby genus and species names are used to refer to species. - Ex: homo sapiens = human beings |
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| The branch of science concerned with the rules of classifying organisms on the basis of evolutionary relationships. |
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| The view that the earth's geological landscape is the result of violent cataclysmic events. |
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| The theory that the earth's features are the result of long-term processes that continue to operate in the present just as they did in the past |
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| Pertaining to natural selection, a measure of the relative reproductive success of individuals. Fitness can be measured by an individual's genetic contribution to the next generation compared with that of other individuals. |
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| The number of offspring an individual produces and rears to reproductive age; an individual's genetic contribution to the next generation. |
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| The entire genetic make up of an individual or species. |
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