Class Slides Set 11B Some Important Concepts
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Class Slides Set 11B Some Important Concepts Misc.
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Class Slides Set 11B Some Important Concepts. Misc. Glossary. Some important things you ought to know about. Important Concepts. range of variation statistical averages “fossil” “osteodontokeratic” the “Three Great Ages of Prehistoric Times”. Important Concepts. range of variation. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Class Slides Set 11B
Some Important Concepts
Misc.
GlossaryGlossary
Some importantthings you ought to know
about . . .
Important ConceptsImportant Concepts
• range of variation•statistical averages•“fossil”•“osteodontokeratic”• the “Three Great Ages
of Prehistoric Times”
Important ConceptsImportant Concepts
• range of variation
Range of Variation.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 99
George Washington Morrison("Commodore") Nutt
29” tall 1844 - 1881
Phineas T. Barnum
1810 - 1891
EfeEastern Congo(formerly Zaire)
Average Height
male 4’ 8”
female 4’ 5”
Source: Boaz and Almquist Biological Anthropology, 2nd ed.(Prentice Hall, 2002), p. 426
Pygmies 1904
The world's tallest woman is Sandy Allen. She is 7 ft. 7 in.
Robert Pershing Wadlow (1918-1940), Alton, IL, was 8 ft. 11. in.
Robert Pershing Wadlow (1918-1940), Alton, IL, was 8 ft. 11. in.
The Guiness Book of Records
”The Most DissimilarCouple in the World”
wife: 2’ 11½”
husband: 6’ 2”
They met on the internet
-- The Maury Show, 27 April 1999
Important ConceptsImportant Concepts
• range of variation•statistical averages
------ 68 % -------- 2 ½ % -- -- 2 ½ % --
“normal distribution curve”
------------------------------ 99 % -------------------------------
Important ConceptsImportant Concepts
• range of variation•statistical averages•“fossil”
GlossaryGlossary
any impression, or trace, of an animal or plant of past geological ages -- including / footprints or tracks
fossil
Hominid footprint from Laetoli, Tanzania, p. 232.
Important ConceptsImportant Concepts
• range of variation•statistical averages•“fossil”•“osteodontokeratic”
keratic ="horn"
osteo = "bone"
donto = "tooth"
GlossaryGlossary
osteo = "bone"
osteodontokeratic
Harappa ( c. 3300-2800 BC)p. 466
osteo = "bone"
GlossaryGlossary
osteo = "bone"
donto = "tooth"
osteodontokeratic
donto = "tooth"
GlossaryGlossary
osteo = "bone"
donto = "tooth"
keratic = "horn"
osteodontokeratic
Devon Island, High Arctic Canada
keratic ="horn"
Important ConceptsImportant Concepts
• range of variation•statistical averages•“fossil”•“osteodontokeratic”• the “Three Great Ages
of Prehistoric Times”
Time PeriodsTime Periods
(Jurgensen Thomsen, 1807)
Three Great Ages of Prehistoric Time
3. Iron Age
2. Bronze Age
1. Stone Age
Time PeriodsTime Periods
(Jurgensen Thomsen, 1807)
Three Great Ages of Prehistoric Time
3. Iron Age
2. Bronze Age
1. Stone Age
Time PeriodsTime Periods
1. Paleolithic“The Old Stone Age”
“The Stone Age”
3. Neolithic“The New Stone Age”
2. Mesolithic“The Middle Stone Age”
