Anthropology exam

Anth 330 – exam 3 study guide

Terms/concepts to define or identify examples of:

Anatomically modern Homo sapiens Consequences of state formation

Regional continuity model Nonconcordant variation

Complete replacement model Admixture

Assimilation model Clinal variation

Genetic admixture between Neandertals and modern humans

Patterns of genetic diversity in modern populations

Admixture Polytypic

Ust’Ishim man and admixture Typology

Rates of cultural change ‘race’ vs. ethnicity vs geographic ancestry

Upper Paleolithic culture Homeostasis

Upper Paleolithic subsistence Acclimatization

Late Pleistocene hominin dispersal patterns Developmental acclimatization

Mesolithic Genetic adaptation

Neolithic culture Skin pigmentation as an adaptation

Microlithic traditions Hypoxia

Natufians Bergmann’s and Allen’s rules

Primary innovation; secondary innovation Fitness

Domestication Natural selection

Horticulture/agriculture/pastoralism

Civilization – pluses/minuses

Can you:

 Determine the evolutionary fitness of a particular trait?

Be able to identify:

 Evolutionary trends for the hominin clade in the Pleistocene and Holocene

 Predictions based on the three models of modern human origins

 Fossil evidence for the origins of modern humans (geography and timing)

 The importance of the following sites:

 Blombos

 Katanda

 Pinnacle point

 Omo Kibish

 Herto

 Skhul Cave

 Qafseh Cave

 Jericho

 Biological adaptations in the human lineage that have occurred within the last 10,000 years