Fluted point technology
a. is present at the Pre-Clovis site of Monte Verde
b. has clear precursors in northern Asia
c. has no clear Asian predecessors
d. is primarily associated with the Archaic period
e. is probably not an American invention
The frequency of the O allele is almost 100 percent in indigenous
a. Northern Europeans
b. Chinese
c. Eurasians
d. Africans
e. South Americans
Charles Darwin was not the only one to conceive of natural selection. Who published
an article suggesting current species were descended from other species?
a. Jean Baptiste Lamarck
b. Erasmus Darwin
c. Georges-Louis Leclerk de Buffon
d. Alfred Russel Wallace
e. John Scopes
The term Anthropocene implies that
a. we were the major force of nature prior to 10,000 years ago.
b. our global impact has accelerated greatly during the past couple of centuries.
c. millions of years from now the record of human life will be eradicated.
d. no other species can be acclaimed to be responsible for the global effects that humans
have already achieved.
e. there are more humans than bacteria.
__________________first recognized that species were groups of organisms that were
distinguished from other such groups by their ability to mate with one another and
produce fertile offspring.
A. John Ray
B. Charles Darwin
C. Carolus Linnaeus
D. Alfred Russel Wallace
E. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Types of Upper Paleolithic art include all of the following except?
a. engravings
b. cave paintings
c. sculptured figurines
d. fired ceramics
e. rock art
The ________________ society associated with the initial development of cultural
unity and centralized authority in the northern Peruvian highlands and coast?
a. Inca
b. Chavn
c. Nasca
d. Moche
e. Wari
The Kow Swamp remains
a. are more robust than the Lake Mungo remains
b. are dated earlier than Lake Mungo remains
c. are from central Europe
d. were dated from museum collections and therefore dates may be invalid
e. suggest that native Australians are later migrants from elsewhere, not descendants of
a single migration dating back to about 50,000 ya.
The home-based forager model of hominin behavior proposed that Olduvai Gorge
reflected what behavior?
a. use as a central hunting location
b. use as a prominent location for the manufacture of Oldowan tools
c. the natural accumulation of animal bones
d. use as a multi-purpose campsite
e. use of weapons
The evolutionary development of the species H. sapiens
a. is determined solely by genetic factors
b. is determined solely by environmental factors
c. can be accurately measured by IQ tests
d. is a Mendelian trait
e. is the result of both genetic and environmental factors
The Paleo-Indian period is defined by what cultural feature?
a. microblade technology
b. fluted points
c. Venus figurines
d. intensive nut processing
e. canoe and raft technology
Kwang-chih Chang has linked the development of civilization in China to:
a. the restricted access to the means of communication
b. the development of irrigation systems
c. the emergence of agriculture
d. extended periods of cold and dry weather
e. the emergence of efficient transportation systems
Adaptive advantages of bipedalism include the following except
a. freeing the hands for making and using tools
b. early predator detection
c. more efficient way of covering long distances
d. further refinements to capabilities used for swimming
e. freeing the hands for carrying objects
The site of Star Carr, near the North Sea coast, served as a seasonal
a. gathering place for shell fish
b. hunting camp
c. building site for mounds and earthworks
d. whale hunting site
e. shell midden
_______ relies on identifying changes in the orientation of the earth’s geomagnetic
poles.
a. Stratigraphy
b. Potassium argon dating
c. Fluorine analysis
d. Biostratigraphy
e. Paleomagnetism
What is the evolutionary process that produces analogous structures called?
a. speciation
b. homology
c. homoplasy
d. founder effect
e. evolutionary systematics
In the context of social groups, dominance hierarchies
a. are maintained by females only
b. are maintained by males only
c. are not present in any primate species
d. impose a certain amount of order within the group
e. have not been studied by primatologists
Monkeys raised without mothers in captivity
a. were able to form lasting affectional ties
b. displayed completely normal parenting behaviors as adults
c. displayed normal sexual behavior
d. did not know how to care for infants
e. were socially normal as adults, provided they received adequate nourishment
________ have very large, highly sexually dimorphic body sizes and live largely
solitary lives.
a. Gorillas
b. Chimpanzees
c. Gibbons
d. Orangutans
e. Humans
Mammals, in contrast to reptiles,
a. have larger brains
b. are homodont
c. cannot process a wide variety of foods
d. lack fur
e. are ectothermic
Adaptations are
a. seen only in nonhuman animals
b. the same as acclimatization responses
c. always temporary
d. long term evolutionary changes
e. short-term evolutionary changes
When compared to large-bodied earlierHomo specimens, Homo erectus relative brain
size is
a. about the same
b. much smaller
c. about twice as large
d. about 25 percent as large
e. is unimportant in discussions of hominin development
Hunter-gatherers extracted their livelihood from available natural resources and
Neolithic farmers
a. maintained the environment by planting native plants and domesticating only native
animals.
b. plowed, terraced, and cut forests in ways to prevent severe soil erosion and decline of
plant and animal species.
c. used practices that discouraged the growth of weeds.
d. used practices that replenished depleted potassium.
e. altered the environment by substituting domesticated plants and animals for native
species.
The legendary Xia dynasty, proclaimed in myth as the dawn of the Chinese civilization,
may be evidenced in in the increased complexity of Erlitou at around
a. 8,000 – 7,600 ya.
b. 6,500 ” 6,250 ya.
c. 5,000 ” 4,000 ya.
d. 4,600 ” 3,200 ya.
e. 3,900 to 3,600 ya
Altruism is a behavior that
a. benefits another while involving some risk to the performer
b. benefits the performer while involving risk to another individual
c. benefits both the performer and another individual while involving risk to both
d. is not common among primates
e. creates potential risk to dependent offspring
Review the evidence relative to the human occupation of Australia.
Answer:Will vary
What is an individual’s actual genetic make-up called?
a. phenotype
b. homozygosity
c. recessiveness
d. phenotypic ratio
e. genotype
Who was the first to actually attempt to explain the mechanism by which species
change?
a. Carolus Linnaeus
b. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
c. Charles Lyell
d. Charles Darwin
e. Erasmus Darwin
The study of contemporary human societies as a means of understanding the past is
known as:
a. experimental archaeology
b. processual archaeology
c. ethnoarchaeology
d. ethology
e. paleoanthropology
Cultural behaviors observed in wild chimpanzees include the following except:
a. stone-tool production
b. the use of “leaf sponges”
c. “termite fishing”
d. Twigs used as toothpicks
e. language
The majority of Neandertal fossils been found in _____________where they have been
most studied.
a. South America
b. Asia
c. India
d. Africa
e. Europe