Physical anthropology Chapter 1

Culture

Artifacts

language

sociolinguistics

The scientific study of the interrelationship between what humans have inherited genetically and culture.

genome

primates

bipedalism

Walking on two feet.

An upper canine that, as part of a nonhoning chewing mechanism, is not sharpened against the lower third premolar.

material culture

The part of culture that is expressed as objects that humans use to manipulate environments.

social learning

data

Evidence gathered to help answer questions, solve problems, and fill gaps in scientific knowledge.

Testable statements that potentially explain specific phenomena observed in the natural world.

scientific method

empirical

Verified through observation and experiment.

theory

A set of hypotheses that have been rigorously tested and validated, leading to their establishment as a generally accepted explanation of specific phenomena.

arboreal

terrestrial

morphology

Physical shape and appearance.

scientific law

What are the steps of the scientific method?

Anthropology

Cultural anthropology

Archaeologist

linguistic

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