ANT100Y1 Final: Anthropology Study Questions for EXAM
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Evolutionary anthropology study questions: what do paleoanthropologists seek to determine in their analysis of the skeletal remains of fossils? they seek to look at the evolution of human and non-human bones. Humans are always evolving, so they want to see the history of human changes. How have our ancestors changed to become what we are today. It works on the idea that all species have common ancestors, and they have evolved over time, working on lyell(cid:495)s gradualism. For it to be the scientific method, you need to repeat the experiments and have the same results. You cant conclude this is accepted results until you can get the same result after re-running the experiment many times. Evolutionary anthropology focuses on quantitative data and empirical data (can be experienced. The scientific method is an empirical approach to collecting data through observation and experience. This field of anthropology is concerned with inheritance and evolution.
