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
religionritual
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
science
theory
truth
uniformitarianism
validity
writing
Key terms and concepts you should know from this lecture:
acquired
adaptation
algebraic mentality
anthropocentric
Anthropological Linguistics
Archaeology
Bioanthropology
comparative
complex whole
Cultural Anthropologycultural relativism
culture as created, artificial reality
culture as dynamic, changing
description
ethnocentrism
ethnography
ethnology
Goodall (Jane)
imitationlanguage
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 driftGenotype
Hutton
Lamarck
Linnean Hierarchy
Linneaus
Lyell
Malthus
MendelNatural 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 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 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 The PowerPoint presentation accompanying this lecture
Pseudoscience and the Past
(not presented in class, but given for terms and concepts)
The Wild Side of Midwestern Archaeology PowerPoint
Key terms and concepts you should know from this lecture:
Ancient Astronauts
Appeal to myth
Argument by authority
Atlantis
creationism/creation science/intelligent design
cult archaeology
diffusion
Good old common sense
Heresy does not equal correctness
independent invention
Irrefutable hypothesisExtraordinary claims demandextraordinary proof
Manifest Destiny Mound Builders
Nazi archaeologyOccam's razor
Piltdown Man
political agendas
pseudoscience
How Does Archaeology Get Done? The PowerPoint presentation accompanying this lecture
Key terms and concepts you should know from this lecture:
analysis
Archaeology is a destructive process!
artifacts
Artifacts don't speak for themselves!
context
cultural resources management
data acquisition
data ordination
data processing
ecofacts
ethics
excavationfeature
field methods
form
formulation
grid systems
function
ground-truthing
ideofacts
implementation
Interpretation
library research
meaning
pedestrian survey
piece-plotting
publication
reconnaissance
remote sensing
reconstruction
research design
research question
survey
space
theoretical perspective
time
The Ape that Stood on Its Own Two Feet: Hominids of the Plio-Pleistocene PowerPoint presentation
Is there a future for the past? PowerPoint presentation