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🦍Biological Anthropology
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284 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Biological Anthropology exam

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A

Abo blood type diversity
Acheulean Industry
Acheulean stone tool industry
Adaptive immunity
Adaptive radiation
Adrenal androgens
Adulthood skeletal maturation
Age estimation
Aldh2 gene polymorphism
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alloparental Care
Altitudinal acclimatization
Altruistic punishment
Amylase gene copy number variations
Anthropoidea
Appositional growth
Arboreal locomotion
Ardipithecus ramidus
Articular cartilage
Articulated skeleton
Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Attached earlobes
Auricular surface of ilium
Australopithecus afarensis
Australopithecus africanus
Australopithecus anamensis
Australopithecus sediba
Autosomal dominant disorder

B

Basal Metabolic Rate
Behavioral adaptations
Bergmann's Rule
Beta-oxidation
Bicondylar angle
Bio-cultural anthropology
Biocultural adaptation
Biocultural anthropology
Biocultural approach
Biogeographical patterns
Biological Adaptations
Biological profile
Biosocial approach
Blombos Cave
Body Farm
Bottleneck effect
Bowl-shaped pelvis
Brow ridges

C

Caloric intake
Carpals
Cartilaginous joints
Cladistic classification
Clavicle
Cleft Palate
Climate Adaptation
Climate change hypothesis
Clinal Variation
Co-evolution
Color vision
Community-based conservation
Compact bone
Comparative anatomy
Comparative genomics
Complement System
Confounding factors
Cooperative Breeding
Cooperative hunting
Cranial Capacity
Cro-Magnon
Cultural Evolution
Cultural group selection
Cultural Transmission
Cumulative culture
Cytotoxic t cells

D

Decomposition stages
Denisova Cave
Developmental Niche