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Evolutionary Anthropology Overview

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What are the five main research disciplines in evolutionary anthropology?

Primatology, Paleoanthropology, Human Variation, Medical Anthropology, Forensic Anthropology (correct)

Cultural Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology, Archaeology, Environmental Anthropology, Medical Anthropology

Social Psychology, Cognitive Science, Archaeology, Paleontology, Forensic Anthropology

Paleoecology, Social Anthropology, Ethology, Historical Linguistics, Cultural Studies

What do evolutionary anthropologists study?

The evolutionary history of humans and their relatives (correct)

The social structures of contemporary primate groups

The development of human culture and technology in the last century

The genetic mutation rates in modern humans

How do evolutionary anthropologists conduct their research? Select all that apply.

By conducting descriptive, casual, and applied research (correct)

Through laboratory experiments only

By formulating and testing scientific theories (correct)

By testing hypotheses using the scientific method (correct)

Who created the taxonomic system and binomial nomenclature?

Carl Linnaeus Signup and view all the answers

Who proposed 'soft inheritance'?

Lamarck Signup and view all the answers

Who proposed catastrophism?

Georges Cuvier Signup and view all the answers

Who proposed the concept of uniformitarianism?

Charles Lyell Signup and view all the answers

What did James Hutton argue about uniformitarianism?

It consists of slow, continuous processes over vast periods of time were responsible for shaping the Earth’s landscape. Signup and view all the answers

Who is known for natural selection?

Charles Darwin Signup and view all the answers

What is Darwin's theory? Select all that apply.

The ability of a population to expand is infinite, but the environments ability to sustain that population is finite. Signup and view all the answers