Anthro Vocab

process by which organisms better adapted to the enviroment reproduce more effectively compared to less-well adapted forms

inherited & cumaltive change in the characterestics of a species, population or culture

preserved remainsof plant and animals of the past

portable objects madeor modified by humans

order of animals that include modern humans

preference for living in groups & interacting regularly w/memebers of the same species

obtaing food available in nature through gathering hunting and scavenging

category of large tailess primates that include chimps bonobos and humans

arboreal travel using forelimbs to swing from branch to branch

terretrial travel that involves flat-footed while supporting the upper body on front fingers beyond knuckles

primates taht include modern human & extinct species of early humans that are more closley related to humans than chimps

upright locomotion on 2 feet

extinct hominin species found in east/central africa

enviroment that consists of open plains w/tall grass and patches of trees

several extint hominin species that lived characterized by stone tool traditions that the species depended on

oldest hominin toolkit, characterized by core tools and flake tools

toolkit of H Erectus

toolkit of neanderthals characterized by more specialized tools such as points scrapers and awls

species that eveoled to modern humans

microlithic tools and prolithic cave art and portable art

1st modern humans in Europe

new world population characterized by clovis

residence in permant villages towns cities w/farming

human selection causes changes in genetic material of plants and animals

time of rapid transformation in technology related to plant/animal domestication that included tools

human made mound from accumalation of successive generations of house construction ad reconstruction & trash