For each of the following questions, choose the letter that corresponds to the best answer.
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The field of anthropology is best defined as the study of: |
| | A) | monkeys, apes, and other primates |
| | B) | evolution of life on earth |
| | C) | human cultures and cultural development |
| | D) | humans |
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The branches of anthropology include all of the following except: |
| | A) | cultural |
| | B) | linguistic |
| | C) | physical |
| | D) | anatomical |
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A tentative statement about the relationship between two variables is a(n): |
| | A) | multicausal explanation |
| | B) | theory |
| | C) | hypothesis |
| | D) | control statement |
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An early belief was that life is immutable, that is: |
| | A) | life was created once and only once |
| | B) | once created, a type of organism remains unchanged |
| | C) | once created, an organism will eventually change into some other type of organism |
| | D) | once created, a type of organism may evolve through time into other types of organisms |
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The principle of uniformitarianism refers to the concept that: |
| | A) | evolution occurs in a uniform manner for every species |
| | B) | the geological processes at work today are the same as those at work in the past |
| | C) | the laws of heredity are universal |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Charles Darwin: |
| | A) | devised one of the first classifications of living organisms |
| | B) | was the first person to conceive of the idea of evolution |
| | C) | published The Origin of Species in 1859 |
| | D) | was the first person to work out the basic principles of heredity |
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The process of favoring or weeding out individuals with different characteristics from a population is referred to as: |
| | A) | natural selection |
| | B) | catastrophism |
| | C) | anthropocentricity |
| | D) | uniformitarianism |
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The basic mechanisms of inheritance were first explained by: |
| | A) | Gregor Mendel |
| | B) | Charles Darwin |
| | C) | Georges Cuvier |
| | D) | Carolus Linnaeus |
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When Peter and Rosemary Grant measured the beaks of the birds on Daphne Major before and after a drought, they found: |
| | A) | no birds died since there was still some food available |
| | B) | the survivors of the drought had a larger average beak size, as did their offspring |
| | C) | the survivors of the drought had a larger average beak size, but the beak size of their offspring was random |
| | D) | the survivors of the drought had a smaller average beak size, as did their offspring |
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Intelligent design theory is: |
| | A) | an earlier name for Darwinian natural selection |
| | B) | an alternative scientific explanation of evolution |
| | C) | an attempt to blend science and religion |
| | D) | a creationist explanation |
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