This guide will help you to study for the exam by emphasizing key concepts concerning the theories, processes, and evidence for our modern understanding of evolution.

Concepts and Terms
Nature of Anthropology
Physical anthropology
population genetics
primatology
paleoanthropology
Sociocultural anthropology
Archaeology
Linguistic anthropology
Evolutionary Theory
Darwin's Predecessors
Usher
Linnaeus
Cuvier
Lamarck
Lyell
Malthus
Darwin's 5 yr. voyage
observation of finch variation
on Galapagos Islands
Darwin's On Origin of Species
Natural Selection
adaptive traits
reproductive fitness
Population Genetics
Mendel's Pea Plant Experiments
dominant
recessive
homozygous
heterozygous
Law of Segregation
Law of Independent Assortment
Chromosomal Genetics
allele/gene
chromosome
gametes
zygote
meiosis
chromosomal mutation
crossing over
phenotype
genotype
monogenic
polygenic
sex linked traits
color blindness
hemophilia
baldness
genetics word problems
Biochemical Inheritance
DNA
base pairs
point mutations
deletion
alternating
insertion
amino acids
protein
mutagens
Modern Evolutionary Theory
Four Forces of Evolution
natural selection
mutation
genetic drift
gene flow
Speciation
reproductive isolation
geographic
ecological
behavioral
genetic incompatibility
cladogenesis
anagenesis
adaptive radiation
Puctuated Equilibrium
Law of competitive exclusion
econiche
Evolutionary Patterns
divergent
convergent
parallel
Modern Human Variation
polymorphism
balanced - sickle cell anemia
geographic "races"
clinal distribution of traits
adaptiveness of physical traits
anatomical
physiological
blood groups - A, B, O & AB
universal donor vs. acceptor
co-dominance
Tay-Sachs and tuberculosis
Ebola
Cystic fibrosis and cholera