Chapter 14 Bio-Anthropology and Today's World

Which field of anthropology works at crime scenes to identify bodies?

forensics

How old is the body of the "Ice Man?

5kyo

The "Ice Man" potentially died from

an arrow wound

Mitochondrial DNA analyses indicates that the Ice Man was

European

Which of the following has been determined to be a natural biological phenomena for humans that anthropologists concluded from our past?

the afternoon nap

Forensic anthropologist Clyde Snow has done all of the following EXCEPT:

helped identify the skeletal remains of the assassinated Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his family.

A possible explanation for the relatively low incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in Japan is that

parents normally sleep with their infants in Japan.

Studies suggest that our Stone Age ancestors did which of the following?

they ate more red meat

Biological anthropology can inform our response to global warming by

helping to predict what ramifications changes in energy use, consumption, waste disposal, and transportation habits will have on cultural systems.

According to Michael Park, a possible barrier for a job-seeker with a BA in bioanthropology is that

many people have little understanding of what bioanthropology is.