The existence of biological continuity is primarily the product of which of the following
factors?
A.speciation
B.common ancestry
C.natural selection
D.fixity of species
E.none of these
What is the taxonomic significance of Homo ergaster?
A.It represents the first member of the Homo genus.
B.It represents a transitional species between H. habilis and H. erectus.
C.It represents only the European versions of H. erectus.
D.It has been used to differentiate African from non-African erectus-like hominins.
E.It only refers to non-African Pleistocene hominins.
Which of the following represents a biochemical signature of diet?
A.the ratio of nitrogen isotopes will vary with the overall importance of seafood
B.different photosynthetic processes result in varying ratios of carbon
C.strontium and calcium ratios indicate relative importance of meat and plant foods
D.all of the above
E.only A and C
Which of the following are NOT prosimians?
A.indri
B.lorises
C.lemurs
D.marmosets
E.galagoes
Which of the following H. heidelbergensis crania shows possible evidence of scalping
in the form of cut marks?
A.Broken Hill
B.La Chapelle
C.Bodo
D.Nariokotome
E.OT 9
The Oldowan is defined as part of what tradition:
A.Lower Paleolithic
B.Protohominin
C.Late Stone Age
D.Middle Paleolithic
E.none of these
Upper Paleolithic rock art is found primarily in western Europe because:
A.the use of deep caves in those areas has preserved it
B.artwork was not conducted until much later in other locations
C.archaeologists have not looked for it in other places
D.all of the above
E.both A and C
Which of the following best defines a primary difference between the Indus Valley and
Egyptian civilizations?
A.the presence of extensive trade
B.the degree of evidence indicating a state level form of political organization
C.the importance of intensive agriculture
D.the degree of urbanization
E.the presence of irrigation agriculture
Which of the following is NOT associated with the Herto fossils?
A.They don’t match any contemporary group of modern humans.
B.They are physically identical to Eurasian Neandertals.
C.They offer the best current evidence for the African origin of modern humans.
D.all of the above
E.only A and C
The Regional Continuity, or Multiregional Evolution, Model proposes that:
A.modern human populations only emerged in Africa
B.gene flow occurred between most pre-modern populations
C.the emergence of anatomically modern humans represents a speciation event
D.anatomically modern humans evolved indigenously outside of Africa
E.only B and D
Which model for the initial settlement is not dependent on the cycle of glacial and
inter-glacial periods?
A.North Atlantic Ice-Edge Corridor
B.Pacific Coastal Route
C.Bering Land Bridge
D.all of these
E.none of these
The grandfather of Charles Darwin, Erasmus, is associated with which of the following
developments in evolutionary theory?
A.He applied the concept of uniformitarianism to establish the concept of deep time.
B.refuted the notion of fixity of species
C.argued that all life on earth was the result of common ancestry
D.proposed that overpopulation would inevitably lead to competition for resources
E.applied the first successful taxonomic model to biological organisms
A nuchal torus is:
A.characteristic of H. habilis
B.a place for the attachment of neck muscles
C.a stone tool making technique
D.a characteristic feature of modern humans
E.only A and B
In most primate species, as compared to other mammals:
A.infants are left in a nest while the mother forages for food
B.mothers have little physical contact with offspring
C.infants are carried everywhere from the time they are born
D.infants have little opportunity to learn since they usually do not accompany their
mother
E.there is little bonding between mothers and infants
Which of the following best describes the intellectual environment in which Darwin
and Wallace developed the theories of evolution through natural selection?
A.Ideas of biological change were firmly rooted in the notion of the fixity of species.
B.Many of their basic concepts were already accepted in the scientific community.
C.Their ideas represented a major break from accepted ideas of evolution.
D.Their ideas only became fully accepted after the publication of Lyell’s work.
E.only A and C
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
The high levels of the O allele in some South American and Australian aboriginal
populations is likely due to:
A.gene flow
B.genetic drift
C.geographic isolation
D.mutation
E.natural selection
The body of methods designed to understand the human past through material remains
is:
A.osteology
B.archaeology
C.paleoanthropology
D.ethnography
E.primatology
What selective effect did the 1977 Galapagos drought have on medium ground finches?
A.The population went extinct due to lack of food.
B.The medium finches were out competed by the larger ‘nut-cracker’ finches.
C.The overall population increased because they were better adapted.
D.Average beach thickness increased over time.
E.none of these
A pattern of seasonal settlement movements from one resource zone to another is
known as:
A.sedentism
B.transhumance
C.foraging
D.subsistence
E.none of these
Which of the following statements regarding autonomic responses in primates is
CORRECT?
A.They communicate emotional state.
B.They are involuntary.
C.It is a deliberate form of communication.
D.All of the above are correct.
E.only A and B
The process of speciation, through macroevolution, typically relies on which of the
following processes?
A.geographic isolation
B.genetic drift
C.different selective forces
D.behavioral isolation
E.all of these
Sexual selection typically produces sexual dimorphism, particularly body size, in what
setting?
A.polygynous mating
B.defense of territory
C.monogamous pairs
D.high predation rates
E.dominance hierarchies
Which of the following is a trait seen in some New World monkeys but not in the Old
World?
A.grasping hand
B.quadrupedalism
C.arboreal lifestyle
D.prehensile tail
E.color vision
An allele which is not expressed in a heterozygote is defined as:
A.recessive
B.codomiminant
C.dominant
D.masking
E.hemizygous
The authors of your textbook propose that, based on an overview of current available
evidence:
A.very minimal multiregional continuity seems likely
B.the strong multiregional model is very unlikely
C.the strong, but not complete, replacement model seems to be the most correct
D.all of the above
E.only B and C
Explanations for the origins of domestication that argue for the importance of status
competition or religion are known as:
A.environmental approaches
B.humanistic approaches
C.cultural approaches
D.materialist approaches
E.determinist approaches
The content of most Sumerian writing concerns:
A.administrative records
B.economic issues
C.legal accounts
D.all of the above
E.only B and C
Teosinte is likely the ancestral species of what New World domesticate?
A.white potatoes
B.pumpkins
C.quinoa
D.maize
E.sunflowers
All Old World monkeys belong to the family____.
A.Pongidae
B.Cebidae
C.Cercopithecidae
D.Pongidae
E.Callitrichidae
Relative dating is defined as:
A.a means of assigning a specific calendar date
B.a way of telling the rough age in years
C.a way of determining whether objects are older, younger, or the same age as each
other
D.a seldom-used means of determining the age of archaeological materials
E.none of these
Small groups who are highly mobile and typically move to seasonally available
resources are known as:
A.collectors
B.foragers
C.hunter-gatherers
D.Mesolithic hunter-gatherers
E.seasonal extractors