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For most of the time the human species has been around, humans have obtained food by: |
| | A) | gathering, supplemented by scavenging and/or hunting |
| | B) | herding animals |
| | C) | horticulture |
| | D) | agricultural |
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The earliest farming dates to about: |
| | A) | 500,000 years ago |
| | B) | 120,000 years ago |
| | C) | 26,000 years ago |
| | D) | 13,000 years ago |
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In foraging societies: |
| | A) | both males and females participate fully in both hunting and gathering |
| | B) | females primarily hunt and males primarily gather |
| | C) | males primarily hunt and females primarily gather |
| | D) | both males and females primarily gather, and males occasionally hunt |
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In terms of mating activities, humans differ from other primates in that: |
| | A) | human females conceal ovulation |
| | B) | humans females and males form monogamous pair bonds within a larger social group |
| | C) | human females are potentially receptive at all times |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Sharing is: |
| | A) | an important aspect of human social behavior |
| | B) | more commonly found among apes than among humans |
| | C) | found only in the Infraorder Catarrhini among the primates |
| | D) | A and C |
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The development of sweet potato washing among the Japanese macaques of Koshima Island is of interest to students of human evolution because: |
| | A) | as a result of this behavior, the macaques have become more intelligent, as is shown by an increase in brain size |
| | B) | a single monkey developed a new behavior, and this behavior was transmitted to the rest of the population |
| | C) | only the females of the population developed and practiced this behavior |
| | D) | while the practice spread among the adults of the group, it was not passed on to offspring |
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Nonhuman primates: |
| | A) | do not possess culture in any form; only humans do |
| | B) | do adjust to new situations through learned behavior, but do not have behavioral patterns that are passed on |
| | C) | both adjust to new situations through learned behavior and have behavioral patterns that are passed on. |
| | D) | have complex cultural traditions that they rely on to adapt to their environment. |
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The ability to communicate about things at times other than the present and about things not directly in front of the speaker is termed: |
| | A) | openness |
| | B) | displacement |
| | C) | disarticulation |
| | D) | discreteness |
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The transmission of information from a sender to a receiver is termed: |
| | A) | language |
| | B) | speech |
| | C) | communication |
| | D) | vocalization |
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The research with Kanzi has concluded that Kanzi: |
| | A) | has no language potential |
| | B) | could be taught to speak human language in a limited way |
| | C) | could learn close to 100 computer lexigrams and understand nearly twice as many spoken words |
| | D) | could be taught to communicate using ASL at about the level of a six-year-old human child |
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