ANTH 1001 : Anthropology Final Exam Notes
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Osteological terms: cranial skull/mandible, postcranial everything below the skull, standard anatomical reference reference point, human skeleton facing forward, palms forward, feet pointing down. Inferior towards the feet/bottom: anterior towards the front, posterior towards the back, superior towards the skull/top, medial closer to the midline. Lateral further away from the midline: proximal towards the skull (superior, distal towards the feet (inferior, ventral towards the front/stomach (anterior, dorsal towards the back (posterior) Paleoanthropology: study of human evolution and the fossil record, goals. The big 3 : obligate bipedality, brain size/shape of skull, culture, not simultaneously!! The big 3 did not all occur at the same time! In humans- located in center of skull: hole at the base of the skull for spinal cord to attach to head, primates- located in the back/posterior of skull, how the head is situated on the vertebrate, spinal cord. In humans- more s shaped: posture, balance, shock absorber.
