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An example of a relative dating method is |
| | A) | carbon-14 dating |
| | B) | stratigraphy |
| | C) | potassium-argon dating |
| | D) | dendrochronology |
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The Cenozoic Era is important in helping to place primates and humans in evolutionary perspective because |
| | A) | it represented the 'Age of Mammals' |
| | B) | the first hominins appeared during this period |
| | C) | the earliest primates appeared during this period |
| | D) | all of these |
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The study of primate and human evolution in the broadest possible sense is known as |
| | A) | paleoanthropology |
| | B) | palynology |
| | C) | taphonomy |
| | D) | primatology |
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Chronometric dating methods |
| | A) | determine an exact date for a specimen, subject to statistical fluctuation |
| | B) | include stratigraphy |
| | C) | include Carbon-14 dating |
| | D) | determine an exact date for a specimen, subject to statistical fluctuation and include Carbon-14 dating |
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Which of the following is true? The Paleozoic era |
| | A) | witnessed the colonization of the land by amphibians |
| | B) | witnessed the early split between modern reptiles and mammal-like reptile groups |
| | C) | lasted between 542 Ma and 251 Ma |
| | D) | all of these |
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Nonhuman primate models for behavior |
| | A) | provide insights into behavior during human evolution |
| | B) | involve the use of comparative data from studies on various nonhuman primates |
| | C) | are problematic when selecting the best model for early hominid behavior |
| | D) | all of these |
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The study of processes acting on plants and animals after they die is known as |
| | A) | paleoecology |
| | B) | palynology |
| | C) | taphonomy |
| | D) | dendrochronology |
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A dating method that determines which fossils are older, but not their exact date is known as |
| | A) | chronometric |
| | B) | absolute |
| | C) | relative |
| | D) | taphonometric |
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Experimental archaeology |
| | A) | involves learning how to make and use tools |
| | B) | can assist in reconstructing the past |
| | C) | is helpful in understanding what materials work best |
| | D) | all of these |
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"Therapsids" is the name for a group of |
| | A) | dinosaurs |
| | B) | mammal-like reptiles |
| | C) | modern-day reptiles |
| | D) | jawless fish |
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Two related chronometric dating methods using radioactive decay of isotopes are |
| | A) | potassium-argon and argon-argon dating |
| | B) | dendrochronology and fluorine dating |
| | C) | stratigraphy and radiocarbon dating |
| | D) | argon-argon and fluorine dating |
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A popular theory explaining dinosaur extinction attributes it to |
| | A) | an asteroid or comet impact followed by cooling and plant extinctions |
| | B) | wide-spread volcanic activity |
| | C) | excessive constipation due to changes in plant life |
| | D) | an encroaching ice age |
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Biostratigraphy refers to |
| | A) | a relative dating method |
| | B) | a method used to compare animal remains found at different sites |
| | C) | a method used to determine similarity in time levels |
| | D) | all of these |
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Which of the following is important to consider in understanding the history of primate and human evolution? |
| | A) | a relatively short time period in geological terms |
| | B) | mammalian evolution played a less important role that once thought |
| | C) | primates and humans did not appear out of nowhere, but evolved from earlier mammals |
| | D) | a relatively short time period in geological terms and primates and humans did not appear out of nowhere, but evolved from earlier mammals |
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Which of the following is chronometric dating method that can be applied to organic remains such as charcoal dating back over the past 50,000 years? |
| | A) | carbon-14 |
| | B) | paleomagnetic reversal |
| | C) | fluorine dating |
| | D) | potassium-argon |
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Thermoluminesence |
| | A) | is a dating method that relies on heated objects |
| | B) | involves the accumulation of trapped electrons over time |
| | C) | can be applied to pottery, bronze, and burned flint |
| | D) | all of these |
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Which of the following is a good source of variation which helps to determine variation within a species? |
| | A) | differences between males and females |
| | B) | age differences |
| | C) | differences in teeth |
| | D) | all of these |
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Paleospecies |
| | A) | are used to designate species because direct evidence of interbreeding is not possible |
| | B) | can be subjective in relationship to the biological species |
| | C) | are treated by some scientists as accurate labels for physical characteristics |
| | D) | are used to designate species because direct evidence of interbreeding is not possible AND can be subjective in relationship to the biological species |
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Application of the biological species concept to the fossil record is particularly problematic because |
| | A) | we will never have any direct evidence on interbreeding |
| | B) | scientific disagreement is always counterproductive |
| | C) | we must make our species assignments for fossils based on inferences |
| | D) | we will never have any direct evidence on interbreeding AND we must make our species assignments for fossils based on inferences |
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Potassium-argon dating would be especially useful in which of the following situations? |
| | A) | on hominid remains found between two volcanic ash layers |
| | B) | in situations where samples are older than 1,000,000,000 years |
| | C) | where the material being dated is organic |
| | D) | on hominid remains found between two volcanic ash layers AND in situations where samples are older than 1,000,000,000 years |
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