Please answer each of the following in the form of a short paragraph. Do not utilize internet-based research to answer these questions.
Biological Anthropology
1) Explain what mitosis is, including each phase. Give an example of a type of cell that undergoes mitosis.
2) Explain how and why mitosis differs from meiosis.
3) How can bipedalism be identified in early hominin remains?
4) Explain how natural selection drives the process of evolution.
5) What are the two major systems of primate classification? How do they differ?
Archaeology
1) Explain what the bio-cultural approach to studying culture means.
2) What are the concepts of “ethnocentrism” and “cultural relativism” and why do they matter to archaeology?
3) Explain the Law of Association and how it can be inco
ectly used.
4) Explain how archaeological sites are mapped, specifically, and why accurate mapping is so important.
5) Generally speaking, how are most archaeological sites discovered? Give a specific example of how this has happened.
Cutural Anthropology
1) Describe the concepts of socialization and enculturation and give examples of each.
2) Discuss how gender and sex differ and why they cannot be used interchangeably.
3) Discuss American proxemics, and the difference between that and kinesics.
4) Discuss shamanism and why it differs from other forms of religion.
5) What is subculture and why do you think it matters more than one’s larger cultural system?