Multiple Choice

Please answer all questions


1	When did fully modern-looking hominids first appear in the fossil record?
		A)	50,000 years ago
		B)	90,000 years ago
		C)	120,000 years ago
		D)	300,000 years ago


2	Which evolutionary model contends that modern traits evolved in geographically diverse locations and then spread through the species?
		A)	Multiregional Evolution model
		B)	Out-of-Africa model
		C)	Recent African Origin model
		D)	Olduvai Gorge model


3	Which evolutionary model subscribes to the hypothesis that Homo sapiens evolved as a separate species recently in Africa and then spread to replace more archaic populations?
		A)	Multiregional Evolution model
		B)	Genetic Replacement model
		C)	Recent African Origin model
		D)	Racial Homogeneity model


4	In order for a species to be distinguished as separate what must be found?
		A)	different physical features
		B)	genetic distinctions
		C)	traits that all species members share that are lacking in all other species
		D)	both b & c


5	Which trait from the Neandertals can still be observed in some living humans today?
		A)	continuous brow ridge
		B)	triangular bony projections in the nasal cavity
		C)	bulging occipital bone
		D)	wide scapula for muscle attachment


6	Genetic variation in modern human beings is:
		A)	high
		B)	low
		C)	inconclusive
		D)	unmeasurable


7	Which of the following is inherited through just one's mother?
		A)	Y chromosome DNA
		B)	mitochondrial DNA
		C)	nuclear DNA
		D)	microsatellites


8	Why do some consider gene flow among past hominid populations unlikely?
		A)	hominid populations were too thinly scattered
		B)	there were too many geographical barriers
		C)	cultural and social barriers would have prevented interbreeding
		D)	all the above


9	Restriction of marriage to only members of the same culturally defined group is called:
		A)	polyandry
		B)	polygamy
		C)	endogamy
		D)	monogamy


10	The energy factories of the cells are:
		A)	mitochondria
		B)	microsatellites
		C)	nuclear DNA
		D)	Y chromosome DNA


11	Which of the following can be interpreted to support either of the major evolutionary models?
		A)	genetics
		B)	the fossil record
		C)	the archaeological record
		D)	all the above


12	Which model claims that Homo sapiens first evolved about 2 million years ago?
		A)	Genetic replacement
		B)	Multiregional model
		C)	Recent African Origin model
		D)	Geographical model


13	Which model claims that Homo sapiens first evolved around 150,000 to 200,000 years ago?
		A)	Genetic replacement
		B)	Multiregional model
		C)	Recent African Origin model
		D)	Geographical model

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