Some of the deliberate nonhuman primate behaviors that serve as communication
include all of the following except
a. spoken language
b. facial expressions
c. vocalizations
d. displays
e. relationships
Neandertal crania are characterized by which of the following?
a. small, flat faces
b. the absence of brow ridges
c. a rounded, smooth occipital area like that seen in modern humans
d. a vertical forehead like that seen in modern humans
e. a projecting midface
The DNA base adenine always pairs with which other DNA base?
a. Guanine
b. Thymine
c. Cytosine
d. Uracil
e. Mitochondria
Which of following protects from ultraviolet radiation?
a. carotene
b. hemoglobin
c. vitamin D
d. melanin
e. melanocytes
What is the one single most important reason that human impact on the planet has been
so great?
a. increasing population
b. the lowered age of menarche and consequent lack of eduction among women
c. loss of biodiversity
d. the decrease in the maximum life span of humans
e. increase in bacterial forms of life
Scientists estimate that we add __________ people to the Earth’s population about
every 12 years.
a. 2 billion
b. 200,000
c. 5 million
d. 1 billion
e. 25 million
In Mendel’s experiments, the tall parental (P) plants
a. were homozygous for the allele for tallness
b. were heterozygous at the locus controlling height
c. could NOT be crossed with short plants
d. were homozygous for the allele for shortness
e. were heterozygous for the allele for shortness
Thus far, there is agreement that all hominins found outside Africa are members of
which genus?
a. Australopithecus
b. Ardipithecus
c. Paranthropus
d. Homo
e. H. erectus
Relative dating techniques
a. can provide exact dates of fossil material
b. are always accurate to within 500 years
c. are based on the radioactive decay of unstable isotopes
d. include biostratigraphy
e. rely upon stable isotopes
What is the component of red blood cells responsible for oxygen transport?
a. valine
b. hemoglobin
c. proline
d. the cell membrane
e. the ribosomes
The earliest hominin traces
a. date to the beginning of the Miocene
b. are primarily full skeletons
c. are primarily dental and cranial pieces
d. date to the Eocene
e. are merely shattered bones impossible to identify
The anthropological perspective does not
a. Offer a wider appreciation through time and space
b. Look at the diversity of the human experience
c. Help to avoid ethnocentric pitfalls
d. Give a wider appreciation of the human experience
e. Narrow our viewpoint of how our species through time and space.
Which one of the traits listed below is not used to define the order Primates?
a. a tendency towards erect posture
b. an inflexible, specialized limb structure
c. hands and feet with a high degree of prehensility
d. retention of five digits on the hands and feet
e. generalized dentition
Which of the following types of traits are governed by more than one genetic locus?
a. polygenic
b. dominant
c. Mendelian
d. recessive
e. pleiotropic
The term evolution refers to
a. changes in the genetic make-up of a population from one generation to the next
b. the process of specialization
c. includes genetic changes within populations and but not the appearance of new
species
d. a response of organisms or populations to the environment
e. patterns of inheritance of traits from parent to offspring
Lascaux and Altamira
a. are well known Neandertal sites
b. are 20,000 year-old campsites
c. contain evidence of butchered mammoths
d. are famous for their numerous cave bear skulls
e. are famous for their elaborate cave paintings
The Y chromosome
a. is found in both sexes; males have two, and females have one
b. influences numerous characteristics in addition to sex determination
c. can be inherited from either parent
d. carries a gene that causes a fetus to develop as male
e. causes a fetus to develop as female if two are present
R-selected species include which of the following?
a. mice
b. chimpanzees
c. gorillas
d. wolves
e. dogs
Chimpanzees and gorillas
a. lack chromosomes
b. have the same number of chromosomes as humans
c. have 48 chromosomes
d. have 46 chromosomes
e. have 42 chromosomes
Assigning fossil remains to a particular primate species
a. is an uncomplicated process
b. requires splitting samples into as many species as possible
c. requires making comparisons to well-known living species of primates
d. can be accomplished only if the species is sexually dimorphic
e. requires not making comparisons to well-known living species of primates
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
By 2022, _________of the world’s remaining rain forests will be gone if destruction
continues at the current rate.
a. one-half
b. one-third
c. two-thirds
d. one-fifth
e. none
The task of interpreting early hominin evolution
a. is still not complete
b. does not require a chronological framework
c. does not require assigning taxonomic names to fossil materials
d. is almost impossible
e. is best left to geologists
Shanidar cave is extraordinary in that an individual in the burial
a. is the only Neandertal remains found Israel.
b. evidences a skull having received a crushing blow, probably causing blindness, and a
blow to the right side rendering the right arm useless.
c. is without the right lower arm and hand, demonstrating the results of poor
preservation.
d. is an ancient member of an extinct social group in Iraq.
e. lived to approximately 80 years of age.
What is AIDS caused by?
a. mosquito bites
b. a bacterium
c. a mutation on a cell’s receptor site
d. a virus
e. bad meat
Throughout the world, women have
a. higher life expectancies than men
b. lower life expectancies than men
c. the same life expectancies as men
d. been incorrectly represented in statistical data on aging
What is a present day disorder that is clearly linked to dietary and lifestyle behaviors,
such as decreased activity levels and increased consumption of fats and refined
carbohydrates?
a. HIV
b. SIV
c. malaria
d. small pox
e. diabetes
The 1990 typhoon and floods that killed over 10,000 in Bangladesh is a direct result of
a. The way infrastructure development is set back by population increases
b. Deterioration of dams along tributaries of the Indus River
c. Problems derived from an increase of people living in low lying permanent
settlements and keeping prey species
d. Domestication of plants and animals
e. Destruction of natural resources in the past
_______ focuses on the study of skeletal remains from archaeological sites.
a. osteology
b. bioarchaeology
c. paleopathology
d. forensic anthropology
e. primate paleontology
Which of the statements below is false regarding the relationship between malaria and
the HbS allele?
a. There is no geographic correlation between the distribution of the HbS allele and
malaria.
b. Heterozygotes have greater resistance to malaria than homozygous individuals.
c. The malarial parasite does not reproduce very well in the red blood cells of
heterozygotes.
d. Malaria is caused by the Plasmodium parasite.
e. Most people are homozygous for the HbA allele.
Social relationships are crucial to nonhuman primates for all of the following reasons
except:
a. Individuals support each other against outsiders
b. Alliances can be used to enhance the status of members
c. Resources can be protected
d. Order can be imposed by allowing individuals to attack each other
e. Predator avoidance
The adolescence stage is present in which of the following?
a. all mammals
b. all primates
c. humans only
d. monkeys, apes, and humans
e. all nonhuman primates except orangutans
Ecological factors influencing primate social behavior include which of the following?
a. the distribution of food and water, predators, and nutritional value of foods
b. levels of testosterone among predators
c. Ancestry of primates
d. Gene codes for behaviors
e. learning
By far the largest collection of Homo erectus remains have been found at
a. Sangiran
b. Zhoukoudian
c. Olduvai
d. Trinil
e. Lantian