Human Origins & Prehistory

Lectures and Key Terms

Ways of Knowing: The Nature of Science

Ways of Knowing PowerPoint for this lecture

Key terms  and concepts you should know from this lecture:

analogy control cyclical thinking epistemology evidence explanation faith falsify (hypotheses) hypothesis

linear thinking magic materialism natural law oral tradition perception prediction received wisdom religion

ritual Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis science theory truth uniformitarianism validity writing

What Culture Is

What Culture Is PowerPoint for this lecture

Key terms  and concepts you should know from this lecture:

acquired adaptation algebraic mentality anthropocentric Anthropological Linguistics Archaeology Bioanthropology comparative complex whole Cultural Anthropology

cultural relativism culture as created, artificial reality culture as dynamic, changing description ethnocentrism ethnography ethnology Goodall (Jane) imitation

language natural opposable thumb personality power grip precision grip society sign symbol

Misconceptions about Evolution  The PowerPoint presentation accompanying this lecture.

A History of Evolutionary Thought

History of Evolutionary Thought  The PowerPoint presentation accompanying this lecture

Key terms  and concepts you should know from this lecture:

Darwin Catastrophism Classification Cuvier DNA Dominant/Recessive gene flow genetic drift

Genotype Hutton Lamarck Linnean Hierarchy Linneaus Lyell Malthus Mendel

Natural Selection Pheonotype Rules of Inheritance scala naturae survival of the fittest taxonomy uniformitarianism Wallace

The Mechanics of Natural Selection (PowerPoint only)

Genetics and the Mechanics of Evolution

Genetics and the Mechanics of Eovlution The PowerPoint presentation accompanying this lecture

Primate Studies 1

Primate Studies 1 The PowerPoint presentation accompanying this lecture

Key terms  and concepts you should know from this lecture:

anthropocentric	F. B. de Waal	olfaction
anthropoids	diurnal/nocturnal	prehensile
apes	evolutionary trends	primatology
binocular vision	Diane Fossey	prosimians
biped	Birute Galdikas	quadrupeds
brachiators/brachiation	generalized	specialized
comparative perspective	Jane Goodall	Susan Savage-Rumbaugh
dentition	monkeys

Primate Studies 2

Primate Studies 2 The PowerPoint presentation accompanying this lecture

Key terms  and concepts you should know from this lecture:

adaptive niche	dental comb	Pongidae
anthropoid	estrus	ischial callosities
arboreal	frugivorous	lemurs
arboreal hypothesis	galagos	lorises
Bonobos	gibbon	mixed diet hypothesis
Callitrichidae	herbivorous/insectivorous/omniviorous	orangutans
catarrhine	Hominidae	platyrrhine
Cebidae	Hominoidea	prosimian
Cercopithecidae	Homo troglodytes	siamangs
cercopithecine	Hylobatidae	tarsiers
colobines	karyotype	visual predation hypothesis

Primate Studies 3, Behaviors

Primate Studies 3 The PowerPoint presentation accompanying this lecture