Response to the following:
Terms/concepts to define or identify examples of:
Anatomically modern Homo sapiens
Consequences of state formation
Regional continuity model
Nonconcordant variation
Complete replacement model
Admixture
Assimilation model
Clinal variation
Genetic admixture between Neandertals and modern humans
Patterns of genetic diversity in modern populations
Admixture
Polytypic
Ust'Ishim man and admixture
Typology
Rates of cultural change
'race' vs. ethnicity vs geographic ancestry
Upper Paleolithic culture
Homeostasis
Upper Paleolithic subsistence
Acclimatization
Late Pleistocene hominin dispersal patterns
Developmental acclimatization
Mesolithic
Genetic adaptation
Neolithic culture
Skin pigmentation as an adaptation
Microlithic traditions
Hypoxia
Natufians
Bergmann's and Allen's rules
Primary innovation; secondary innovation
Fitness
Domestication
Natural selection
Horticulture/agriculture/pastoralism
Civilization - pluses/minuses
Can you: Determine the evolutionary fitness of a particular trait?
Be able to identify:
1. Evolutionary trends for the hominin clade in the Pleistocene and Holocene
2. Predictions based on the three models of modern human origins
3. Fossil evidence for the origins of modern humans (geography and timing)
4. The importance of the following sites:
5. Blombos
6. Katanda
7. Pinnacle point
8. Omo Kibish
9. Herto
10. Skhul Cave
11. Qafseh Cave
12. Jericho
13. Biological adaptations in the human lineage that have occurred within the last 10,000 years