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Park:Biological Anthropology
Biological Anthropology, 3/e
Michael Alan Park
The Origin of Species and the Shape of Evolution

Multiple Choice

Please answer all questions



1

Which reproductive isolating method most likely explains the origin of hominids?
A)mechanical
B)seasonal
C)ecological
D)different pollinators
2

The axolotl from Mexico is lacking a hormone that ancestral salamanders have. The mutation responsible for this would be considered a:
A)macromutation
B)micromutation
C)point mutation
D)chromosome mutation
3

A portion of a species becomes isolated from the rest of the species and develops different genetic and phenotypic traits. What has occurred?
A)speculation
B)specification
C)specialization
D)speciation
4

Adaptive radiation can occur under which circumstance?
A)an environment has no competing species
B)a species moves in and kills all competing species
C)radiation mutates a species so that it can live in a different environment
D)all the above
5

A species that is adapted to a narrow range of environmental niches is said to be:
A)generalized
B)specialized
C)nocturnal
D)diurnal
6

The view that species tend to remain stable and that evolutionary changes occur fairly suddenly is called:
A)oscillating selection
B)punctuated equilibrium
C)natural selection
D)Darwinian gradualism
7

The evolution of a new species is the result of:
A)environmental change
B)genetic variation
C)natural selection
D)all the above
8

The belief in a literal biblical interpretation regarding the creation of the universe and everything in it including life is called:
A)adaptive radiation
B)the Judeo-Christian religious tradition
C)scientific creationism
D)Darwinian gradualism
9

The view that evolution is slow and steady with cumulative change within species is called:
A)speciation
B)adaptive radiation
C)Darwinian gradualism
D)punctuated equilibrium
10

Scientific creationism is:
A)scientific
B)common to all Jewish and Christian denominations
C)still being tested scientifically
D)an example of a pseudoscience








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