ANTH 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: American Broadcasting Company, Human Behavior, Cultural System
4 Apr 2016
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The origins of modern humans: homo sapiens. Descended from a single ancestral populaion that originated in. New species evolves from a prior species. Africans exhibit more geneic variaions than other populaions. Modern humans evolved together ad genes were spread throughout the old world. Mtdna studied in several diferent human populaions. Therefore the oldest populaion: molecular clock in acion. Diferent race assumpions: assumpion one- people fall into a small number of disinct groups. Americans tend to classify people into three groups. African: assumpion two- diferences between races are due to biological heritage. Implies members of each group are more similar. Brazillians deine color by: skin, hair, nose shape, lip shape. Phenotype does not relect genotype: assumpion three- race tells us something important about a person. Is race important in the diagnosis and treatment of disease: what is archaeology. It is not about inding rare or precious arifacts. Not quite like its portrayed in the movies.
