Which model for the initial settlement is not dependent on the cycle of glacial and
inter-glacial periods?
a. North Asian Corridor
b. Pacific Coastal Route
c. Bering Land Bridge
d. Australian Connection
e. Siberian Highway
According to the text, Blombos Cave is significant for accomplishments in art and
technology that compare to similarly dated accomplishments in
a. Europe
b. North America
c. South America
d. Russia
e. Australia
Homo erectus differs most distinctly from both early Homo and Homo sapiens in
a. the postcranial skeleton
b. the way they walked
c. height
d. cranial size
e. weight
Who uses anthropological techniques to assist in crime investigations and to identify
skeletal remains in cases of disaster?
a. paleoanthropologists
b. primatologists
c. archaeologists
d. cultural anthropologists
e. forensic anthropologists
An early city on the northern coast of Peru, known for its huge pyramid, unique pottery,
skilled metalworking, and the rich tombs of its warrior-priests was:
a. Moche
b. Nazca
c. Cuzco
d. Tikal
e. Chavn de Huantar
Permanent male-female bonds are
a. common among nonhuman primates
b. not common among nonhuman primates
c. the basis of monogamous pairing typical of all nonhuman primate species
d. nonexistent in primates
e. known only in orangutans
Homo erectus appeared in East Africa between ___ million years ago.
a. 1.7 and 1.5
b. 2.5 and 2.3
c. 6.0 and 4.0
d. 3 and 1.0
e. 2.0 and 1.8
Which of the following statements is not true?
a. Adult primate males tend to be dominant to females.
b. Dominant individuals appear to have priority access to desired food items.
c. High-ranking females probably have higher reproductive success than subordinate
females.
d. Dominance hierarchies create aggression and therefore do not impose a degree of
order in primate societies.
e. In groups containing a number of females associated with one or several adult males,
the males are generally dominant to females.
Using all four limbs to support the body during locomotion is called
a. bipedalism
b. quadrupedalism
c. vertical clinging and leaping
d. brachiation
e. semi-brachiation
Chinese archaeologists point out that Chinese premodern H. sapiens specimens show
no indications of genetic continuity with modern H. sapiens from China.
What is an extensive outbreak of disease affecting large numbers of people over a wide
area called?
a. pandemic
b. epidemic
c. vector
d. endemic
e. pathogen
The term, city, applies to urban centers that are characterized by all of the following
except
a. specialized occupations
b. social complexity
c. formal organization
d. having been around for all of human history
e. support by lesser communities
The cranial remains from Dmanisi are characteristic of all of the following except
a. are easily distinguishable from modern Homo sapiens
b. bear some similarities to early Homo specimens from East Africa
c. bear similarities to australopithecus specimens
d. have very small cranial capacities
e. are different from other hominins outside Africa
Current evidence indicates that the earliest anatomically modern Homo sapiens fossils
are from which geographical location?
a. China
b. India
c. Germany
d. France
e. Africa
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
No single factor explains the dangerously accelerating growth of world population over
the past few hundred years.
a. True
b. False
The genetic evidence from Neandertal remains that is used in studying most Neandertal
fossils is in the form of
a. ribosomal information
b. nuclear DNA
c. mtDNA
d. all of these
e. a and b only
Which of the following includes genetic-alterations within populations?
a. macroevolution
b. anatomy
c. osteology
d. paleopathology
e. microevolution
What archaeological feature associated with the development of agriculture has been
interpreted as indicative of the development of economically and socially cohesive
communities in the Near East?
a. compounds of small round shelters
b. storage facilities
c. multiroom rectangular houses
d. communal burial sites
e. communal agricultural fields
Which of the following are not hominoids?
a. bonobos
b. gorillas
c. orangutans
d. chimpanzees
e. baboons
What is gene flow defined as?
a. production of new alleles
b. production of new genetic material
c. chance loss of alleles in a population
d. exchange of genes between populations
e. differential reproductive success of individuals
Upper Pleistocene premodern Homo sapiens that have their evolutionary roots in
western Europe include
a. Homo sapiens sapiens
b. anatomically modern humans
c. Neandertals
d. Homo ergaster
e. late Homo erectus
Growing attacks on traditional beliefs resulted with growing awareness of biological
diversity. _________challenged a notion proposed by Aristotle to account for the
movement of the sun and planets.
a. Copernicus
b. Linnaeus
c. Darwin
d. Wallace
e. Mendel
During the last glaciation in Eurasia,
a. human habitation was impossible
b. the entire area was permanently covered with ice-sheets
c. a warming trend at about 30,000 ya partially melted the glacial ice
d. hunting was impossible because there were no animals in the region
e. Neandertals became extinct.
Measles became prevalent only with the emergence of larger urban centers, making it
the “disease of civilization.”
a. True
b. False
Population geneticists use the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium equation to determine
a. whether evolution is occurring at all loci throughout the genome simultaneously
b. whether allele frequencies in a population are changing
c. the mode of inheritance of Mendelian traits
d. whether a particular trait is polygenic
e. if human populations are operating on evolutionary forces
Continental drift
a. had no real impact on the evolutionary history of vertebrates
b. never occurred
c. is the movement of the continents on the Earth’s surface
d. ceased to occur several million years ago
e. occurs only in the Old World
Which of the following has not been the result of the contributions made over millions
of years by our ancestors?
a. cities
b. art
c. tripled length of human life span
d. increasing population density
e. textbooks and exams
Evolution can be most succinctly defined as
a. the appearance of new species
b. the change from one species to another in one generation
c. the change in allele frequency from one generation to the next
d. any type of genetic mutation
e. genetic drift
Which of the following sites is in China?
a. Yunxian
b. Atapuerca
c. Nariokotome
d. Gran Dolina
e. Olduvai Gorge
Which is among the reasons that about half of Americans believe that evolution does
not occur?
a. the mechanisms of evolution are simple and easily explained
b. the mechanisms of evolution are complex and do not lend themselves to simple
explanations
c. most people possess extensive familiarity with the principles of genetics
d. most have not read and studied “On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely
From the Original Type”, by Alfred Russel Wallace
e. many people do not want clear-cut answers
The effects of increasing cultural changes and population growth are inseparably
intertwined.
a. True
b. False