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Which of the following is a derived trait of Sahelanthropus tchandensis? a. big toe opposability b. larger body size c. length of the calcaneus d. nonhoning chewing complex Somatic cells are characterized by all of the following EXCEPT: a. each […]

Ardi was adapted to life in trees and: a. on the ground. b. in the desert. c. near water. d. both b. and c. The most distinctive traits about the cold adaptation complex of Neandertals are: a. the suprainiac fossa […]

You are reading a scientific article about cheetahs that have stripes instead of spots. The article refers to this as a genetic mutation. Though you see they have no negative impact on the cheetahs’ fitness, the stripes are nevertheless considered […]

What genotype do true-breeding plants bearing green seeds have? a. aa b. aA c. Aa d. AA Derived characters are traits that a. characterize the last common ancestor that a particular collection of species share. b. evolved after the last […]

Crossing over a. can occur between loci on nonhomologous chromosomes. b. can occur between alleles on the same chromosome. c. increases genetic variation. d. decreases genetic variation. Why does natural selection favor alleles that kill individuals late in life? a. […]

What does the Grants’ study of medium ground finches tell us about evolution by means of natural selection? a. New species cannot form. b. A new species can form only when natural selection operates consistently in one direction for a […]

Most mammals and birds attain appropriate behaviors matched to their environment through a. personal experience alone. b. information passed on from other individuals alone. c. information encoded in their genes alone. d. a combination of innate, genetic behaviors and personal […]

Which of the following cannot cause evolutionary change within a population? a. Natural selection b. Hardy”Weinberg forces c. Mutation d. Random genetic drift Culture is defined in the text as a. information acquired through social learning. b. shared knowledge about […]

Large body sizes that require more energy and weaponry that can cause severe injury demonstrate that a. sexual selection is stronger than natural selection. b. natural selection is stronger than sexual selection. c. male reproductive success varies less than female […]

Offspring of outbred matings have ________ offspring of inbred matings. a. lower fitness than b. the same fitness as c. higher fitness than d. more variable fitness than Features showing that Australopithecus afarensis is a hominin include a. a large […]

Homo ergaster possessed some primitive characteristics of earlier hominids, including a. a chin. b. a high forehead. c. large browridges. d. postorbital constriction. Dominance hierarchies are seen in multimale, multifemale groups because hierarchies a. give low-ranking males a chance to […]

The evolution of lactase persistence in Africa and Europe was the result of a. convergent adaptation. b. drift acting on isolated populations. c. gene flow between Africans and Europeans. d. the retention of an ancestral trait. To understand third-party relationships, […]

It is likely that Australopithecus afarensis a. matured more slowly than chimpanzees. b. had a brain size three to four times bigger than those of chimpanzees. c. made and used stone tools to scavenge meat. d. lived throughout West, Central, […]

For most of the last 130,000 years, the global climate has almost always been a. hotter than at present. b. colder than at present. c. about the same as at present. d. sometimes much hotter and sometimes about the same […]

Which of the following is true of DNA transcription/translation? a. A codon corresponds to an amino acid. b. A DNA sequence codes for a protein. c. A protein consists of a series of codons. d. Both a and b are […]

If you have two parents with the genotype Aa, what is the chance that they will have an offspring with the genotype AA? a. 1/8 b. 1/2 c. 1/4 d. 1/16 Altruism at first was a puzzle to evolutionary biologists […]

Characters are more likely to exhibit continuous variation when a. there are no environmental effects. b. they are affected by alleles at more than one locus. c. inheritance is blending rather than particulate. d. there are only two alleles. Which […]

Derived features of Homo heidelbergensis include a. a larger brain. b. a prominent occipital bun. c. a flat back of the skull. d. a chin. Molecular genetics a. links biology to geophysics. b. has explained the way the solar system […]

Genetic variation within local groups around the world contains about ________ of the genetic variation in the human species. a. 5% b. 35% c. 85% d. 95% Taphonomists believe that the Olduvai bone and stone-tool sites were not the result […]

Members of the order Primate are very diverse in behavior and morphology. Much of this diversity may be understood as adaptations to particular environments. Using this knowledge to gain insight into human behavior and morphology is an example of a. […]

Homo ergaster males were a. twice as large as females. b. 20% to 30% larger than females. c. about the same size as females. d. smaller than females. Which of the following statements is true concerning human foraging groups? a. […]

Multiple hypotheses seek to explain how New World monkeys arrived in South America. According to the chapter, what are some of these hypotheses? Which of the following best describes a particular primate mating system and reproductive behavior? a. In baboons […]

Imagine a scenario where a lake dries up enough to become two separate lakes, dividing a population of fish into two daughter populations. This is an example of a. allopatric speciation. b. sympatric speciation. c. both allopatric and sympatric speciation. […]

The presence of repressors and activators in regulatory genes means that there is ________ of gene expression. a. translation b. combinatorial control c. a biochemical pathway d. primary structure Neanderthals are known to have used a. only Oldowan tools. b. […]

In the language of adaptive explanations, cost and benefit refer to the impact of behaviors on the animal’s a. overall health. b. reproductive success. c. foraging success. d. social relationships. The Laetoli footprints show that Australopithecus afarensis was a. an […]

Phenotypic traits result a. from learning. b. from genes. c. from an interaction of genes and environment. d. either from learning or from genetic programs. Why was natural selection difficult for Darwin to fully explain? a. Natural selection reduces variation. […]

Evolutionary psychologists believe the human mind evolved to solve the challenges that confront food foragers because a. foraging is more time-consuming than agriculture. b. humans have practiced foraging for most of our evolutionary history. c. sexual division of labor is […]

Baboon females a. have strong affinities for both maternal and paternal half sisters. b. are not able to distinguish maternal and paternal half sisters from unrelated females. c. prefer maternal half sisters over paternal half sisters. d. prefer paternal half […]

To better understand primate societies, we need to investigate the way primates find mates and care for their offspring. This is known as their a. social organization. b. social system. c. mating system. d. reproductive strategy. Intersexual selection a. favors […]

In the opinion of the textbook authors, race is a. a meaningful biological concept. b. a biological reality only when the distribution of many genetic traits is considered. c. a culturally constructed category. d. an important tool for understanding human […]

The incest taboo universally prohibits sexual relations: a. between cousins, regardless of cross- or parallel cousin relationships. b. between first cousins and between second cousins. c. between parents and children and siblings. d. between half siblings and parallel cousins. e. […]

Groups of people create and promote traits to signify who is in the group and who is out. These are called: a. apartheid. b. cultural walls. c. ethnic boundaries. d. segregation. e. social signifiers. A local nongovernmental organization that challenges […]

What is described in the text as “an invisible package of unearned assets” that are the legacy of generations of racial discrimination? a. white privilege b. culture of poverty c. social capital d. stratified whiteness e. fascism In the United […]

Someone who ________ would be said to be part of the 1.5 generation. a. is fifteen years old b. was born in California, but had parents who were born in Cuba c. was born in Cuba and migrated in his […]

The tens of thousands of young people across the Arab world who came out to oppose and change the governments of Egypt and Tunisia demonstrated what aspect of their movement? a. agency b. authority c. politics d. power e. process […]

Systems of class and inequality: a. no longer exist in postindustrialized nation-states such as the United States. b. create an unequal distribution of a society’s resources. c. are a natural feature of human culture. d. are exemplified by hunter-gatherer societies. […]

According to the text, ________ is/are a direct cause of global warming. a. turtle hunting in Honduras b. the melting ice sheets in the Himalayas c. the shift to production of organic foods d. carbon emissions from gas and oil […]

Antonio Gramsci (1891″1937) described two aspects of power that included material power and: a. hegemony. b. coercion. c. influence. d. prestige. e. wealth. Art in Western traditions is often associated with notions of ________ art. a. popular b. tourist c. […]

French sociologist Emile Durkheim defined which of the following as an alienation that individuals experience when faced with physical dislocation and the disruption of their social networks and group values? a. habitus b. communitas c. anomie d. hegemony e. sacredness […]

When individuals speak in a manner that does not conform to what is known as “Standard English,” according to the author, they are: a. speaking a dialect of English that is linguistically flawed. b. usually seen as speaking a prestige […]

Artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, surrogacy, and cloning are four forms of which of the following types of technologies? a. bilateral b. reductive c. propagative d. reproductive e. productive Anthropologist ________used her research in a Mexican brothel to encourage a […]

The preferred term for individuals of an alternate gender in Native American cultures is: a. hijras. b. macho. c. Two-Spirits. d. transgendered. e. hermaphrodite. Commonplace norms, values, beliefs, practices, and institutions that cultivate the desire to acquire consumer goods to […]

The Occupy Wall Street movement was able to gain support by focusing on inequality with the motto “We are the 99 percent,” and combining physical and virtual elements of their protest. This is an example of: a. cause clbre. b. […]

Explain where and when the so-called Triangle Trade occurred, identifying the three primary commodities the text discusses in this exchange network. Contrast the production and exchanges that occurred in the Caribbean plantation economy with the exchanges occurring between European trappers […]

Ambilineal descent groups such as Samoans, Maori, and Hawaiians are sometimes referred to as: a. unilineal descent groups. b. polylineal descent groups. c. cognatic descent groups. d. monolineal descent groups. e. bilineal descent groups. Which of the following is defined […]

East German soldiers and border guards had been ready and willing to shoot and kill members of the U.S. military who they saw as enemies who would just as gladly kill them, yet after they had been demobilized by the […]

Historical linguistics is defined as: a. a nonstandard variation of a language that is particular to a specific region. b. the study of the development of language over time, including its changes and variations. c. alternating back and forth between […]

The Maasai people created their own nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in an effort to represent them at negotiations and assert their political rights to resources and recognition with the Tanzanian government, which had largely ignored them. These are examples of a(n): […]

The belief that one’s own culture or way of life is normal and natural, and viewing the different practices of other people as strange and unnatural, is called: a. myopia. b. relativism. c. narrow-mindedness. d. shortsightedness. e. ethnocentrism. Worldwide, the […]

Nigerians do not regard homosexuality as: a. an authentically African lifestyle. b. part of the Western influences that have been flooding into Africa for years. c. a new front of Western imperial domination. d. forbidden by Muslim sharia law. e. […]