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1 1D. Identify several dif­fer­ent research areas in biological anthropology.1E. Identify and explain the importance of six major attri­ butes that separate ­humans from nonhuman animals.1F. Explain the four steps involved in “­doing science” (i.e., the scientific method).1G. Distinguish between hypotheses and theories.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1A. Explain the differences and similarities among the four branches of anthropology and understand what it means to say biological anthropologists practice an interdisciplinary science.1B. Characterize the importance of the biocultural approach to anthropological inquiry.1C. Explain how Franz Boas’s research contributed to the development of the four branches of anthropology.CHAPTER 1 What Is Biological Anthropology? 2 / 3

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CHAPTER 1: What Is Biological Anthropology?

MULTIPLE CHOICE

• Before AD 1000, what did the people of St. Catherines Island eat?
• They ate wild animals, fish, and wild plants.
• They ate bison and salmon.
• They were vegetarians and ate wild plants exclusively.
• They ate mostly fruit.

ANS: A DIF: Easy OBJ: Characterize the importance of the biocultural approach to anthropological inquiry.TOP: What Is Anthropology? MSC: Remembering

• What was the cause of the biological change in the indigenous people of St. Catherines Island after

AD 1000?

• They became sedentary and had less food to eat because they stayed in the same area.
• They became sedentary and consumed more corn, which caused dental disease due to its

high sugar content.

• They became sedentary and did not have enough exercise to keep their bodies fit and

healthy.

• They continued as nomads, but loss of animals due to climate change created a decline in

their food source.ANS: B DIF: Moderate OBJ: Characterize the importance of the biocultural approach to anthropological inquiry.TOP: What Is Anthropology? MSC: Remembering

• What can be learned from studying a population through time?
• We can learn that lifestyles do not change over time.
• We can learn that diets, and therefore human biology, change through time.
• We can learn that consuming the wrong foods over time does little to population health.
• We can learn that human physiology does not change through time.

ANS: B DIF: Moderate OBJ: Characterize the importance of the biocultural approach to anthropological inquiry.TOP: What Is Anthropology? MSC: Understanding

• Biological anthropologists focus on
• humans from a cultural perspective.
• humans from a biological perspective.
• humans from biological and cultural perspectives.
• human behavior only.

ANS: C DIF: Moderate OBJ: Explain the differences and similarities among the four branches of anthropology and understand what it means to say biological anthropologists practice an interdisciplinary science.TOP: What Is Anthropology? MSC: Understanding

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