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Darwin pointed out that it is invalid to apply his theory of evolution by natural selection to the human species. |
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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2 | |
What type of criterion is used to distinguish new species in the fossil record of humans and their hominid ancestors? |
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| | A) | reproductive |
| | B) | genetic |
| | C) | morphological |
| | D) | more than one of the above |
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3 | |
Why does the author use the film It's a Wonderful Life in his discussion of the origin and evolution of humans? |
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| | A) | The film tells the story of mammalian evolution toward its human endpoint. |
| | B) | The message of the film is that the current state of things, rather than being inevitable, is contingent on the precise sequence of historical events. |
| | C) | The message of the film is that if we could allow history to re-run its course multiple times, the outcome would always be the same. |
| | D) | In this film, Jimmy Stewart plays an anthropologist who discovers the “missing link” between apes and humans. |
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4 | |
Current scientific evidence suggests that all human behavior is genetically rather than culturally determined. |
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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5 | |
Which of the following is an example of an innate behavioral trait? |
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| | A) | A seagull chick's flailing with its bill toward the bill of its parent. |
| | B) | A greylag gosling's following the first individual it encounters. |
| | C) | A human child's ability to learn a spoken language. |
| | D) | more than one of the above |
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6 | |
Only humans can develop behavioral traits through learning and culture. |
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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7 | |
Which of the following is NOT an example of a culturally influenced behavior? |
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| | A) | hunting in wolves |
| | B) | foraging in non-human primates |
| | C) | singing in male meadowlarks |
| | D) | singing in male chaffinches |
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8 | |
Primates are characterized by grasping hands, nails rather than claws, and stereoscopic vision. |
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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9 | |
Which of the following taxonomic groups does NOT include humans? |
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| | A) | primates |
| | B) | anthropoids |
| | C) | platyrrhines |
| | D) | catarrhines |
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10 | |
Hominids are believed to have diverged from chimps |
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| | A) | 60-65 million years ago. |
| | B) | 35-40 million years ago. |
| | C) | 25-30 million years ago. |
| | D) | 6-7 million years ago |
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11 | |
Humans are believed to have evolved from the "gracile" lineage of early hominids. |
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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12 | |
Humans have long arms, sturdy clavicles, and grasping hands because early humans (genus Homo) used brachiating locomotion. |
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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13 | |
Which of the following is an advantage of bipedalism? |
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| | A) | It is a faster form of locomotion than quadrupedalism. |
| | B) | It is biomechanically more stable than quadrupedalism. |
| | C) | It frees the arms for other tasks. |
| | D) | All of the above. |
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14 | |
The discoveries of Neandertals, the Piltdown skull, and the Taung child all suggested that humans originated and evolved in Europe. |
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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15 | |
How did anthropologists determine that the "Lucy" skeleton comprised the remains of a female? |
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| | A) | The bones were found in a rudimentary grave and were adorned with jewelry and beads characteristic of females in that culture. |
| | B) | The bones were found with those of an infant. |
| | C) | The skull contained a set of third molars, found only in females. |
| | D) | The pelvic canal was very large. |
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Modern humans have big "buns" because the anatomy of the hip reflects an adaptive compromise between the demands of childbirth and the biomechanical demands of bipedal locomotion. |
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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