Foothill College

ANTH 001

Module: 1

1)Humans are a product of the same evolutionary forces that produced all living things.

2. The purpose of scientific research is to generate more accurate and consistent explanations of phenomena NOT to establish absolute truths.
3. Anthropology is holistic because it studies the whole of the human condition--the past, present, and future as well as human biology and culture.
4. Cultural anthropology:
5. The study of the primate fossil record is known as:
6. Nutritional anthropology is a subfield of:
7. Cultural behaviors:
8. The study of human biology within the framework of human evolution is the domain of::
9. Which of the following hypotheses CANNOT be studied using the scientific method?
10. The population of any city is composed of many subgroups defined by:
11. Primatology is the study of:
12. When we talk about hominins we are referring to modern humans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans.
13. In the U.S. anthropology is a narrow discipline with only two subfields.
14. Culture is the shared beliefs and behaviors of a group of people that are passed from one generation to the next and that evolve over time.
15. The earliest hominins, such as Australopithecus afarensis manufactured stone tools.
16. Physical anthropology is a scientific discipline concerned only with the biological and behavioral characteristics of humans.
17. Theories are not facts, they are:
18. The strategy humans developed that helped them to adapt to the natural

environment is:

19. At present, the members of the family hominin includes:
20. The practical use of anthropological theories and methods outside the academic

setting is:

21. Nutritional anthropology is a subfield of:
22. Linguistic anthropology is important to the field of physical anthropology because

of its insights on the development of language in human evolution.

23. Culture is not genetically passed from one generation to the next, it is learned.
24. Physical anthropology is a scientific discipline concerned only with the biological

and behavioral characteristics of humans.

25. The purpose of scientific research is to generate more accurate and consistent