PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE LEARNING GUIDE

PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE LEARNING GUIDE

●● Which of the following are the six key attributes that make humans
unique among primates? Drag them to the Correct Answer(s) box, and
drag the rest to the Incorrect Answer(s) box.
Answer: Correct Answer(s)
bipedalism
nonhoning chewing
complex material culture and tool use
speech
dependence on domesticated foods for most populations
habitual and intensive hunting


Incorrect Answer(s)
quadrupedalism
no hyoid bone
canine diastema


●● Match each branch, or subdiscipline, of anthropology to its
description.

, Answer: Correct label:
physical anthropology
the study of the evolution, variation, and adaptation of humans and their
past and present relatives


linguistic anthropology
the study of the construction, use, and form of language in human
populations


cultural anthropology
the study of modern human societies through the analysis of the
development and variation of culture


archaeology
the study of historic or prehistoric human populations through the
analysis of artifacts and other material remains


●● Place the steps of the scientific method in order.
Answer: observations
hypothesis
predictions
test