Key Figures in the Development of Anthropology and Related Sciences, Quizzes of Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Download Key Figures in the Development of Anthropology and Related Sciences and more Quizzes Introduction to Cultural Anthropology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Franz Boas DEFINITION 1 Father of American Anthropology Founded the four-field approach Trained other famous Anthropologists TERM 2 Ales Hrdlicka DEFINITION 2 Field Anthropologist Started the American Journal of Physical Anthropology Founded the American Association of Physical Anthropologists TERM 3 Buffon DEFINITION 3 Recognized the influence of the environment on life forms TERM 4 Lamarck DEFINITION 4 Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics characteristics that are acquired during an individuals lifetime can be inherited by their offspring TERM 5 Cuvier DEFINITION 5 Catastrophist studied fossil record; periodically there would be catastrophic events that caused mass extinction TERM 6 Charles Lyell DEFINITION 6 Geologist Uniformitarianism geological processes (wind, rain, erosion, etc.) that impacted the earth in the past are still working on the earth today; landscape is constantly changing Postulated that the earth is very old (billions of years) TERM 7 Thomas Malthus DEFINITION 7 Demographer studies populations; birth and death dates Proposed that population size is based upon resource availability TERM 8 Alfred Wallace DEFINITION 8 Naturalist studies the natural world Idea of natural selection TERM 9 Carolus Linnaeus DEFINITION 9 Binomial Nomenclature TERM 10 Homunculus DEFINITION 10 A supposed microscopic but fully formed human being from which a fetus was formerly believed to develop