Anthropology: Unit 2

Describe at least 2 scientists/theories/philosophies that supported Darwin’s beliefs. 

Hutton

• Gradualism

• Geologist who studied the age of the earth and described that changes to the earth happened slowly over long periods of time.

Lyell

• Uniformitarianism

• Geologist who described that changes have always occurred to the geology of the earth and will continue to change.

Malthus

• Doctrine of Human Suffering

• Idea:

Give the 2 aspects of Darwin’s theory of evolution.

• Decent with Modification

• Natural Selection and Adaptation

List and describe the 4 of the 6 primate tendencies.

• Grasping

• Shift from smell to sight

• Brain complexity

• Parental investment

• Sociality

Describe 3 modern primates from the Modern Primate Museum and describe how they are important or noteworthy.

Use the article, Save our Forest, to list examples of how primatology address the 4 areas of anthropology.

Explain the difference between homology and analogy and provide an example of each.

Homologies: the similarities inherited jointly from a common ancestor

• ex: arm bones in humans, whales, dogs, cats

Analogies: similarities due to similar environments

• ex: wings on bats/birds, fins on sharks and dopphins

List and describe the 3 biological similarities between primates.