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This ACBS 160D1 Study Guide is designed to help students succeed in their Animal and Comparative
Biomedical Sciences course. It includes verified questions and answers on essential topics such as
animal physiology, anatomy, and biomedical concepts. Whether you're preparing for a midterm, final
exam, or just want to refresh your knowledge, this guide offers a structured approach to studying and
passing the course with confidence.
A study that attempted to discern whether humans could identify specific cat meows, such as ones made
in affiliative or distress contexts, resulted in which of the following? - ✔✔-Most people thought all cat
meows sounded emotionally negative
According to DNA evidence, from which two kinds of wild ass are all domesticated Donkeys descended?
- ✔✔-Nubian and somali
According to Evolution by Natural Selection, what is "fitness"? - ✔✔-the extent to which an individual's
traits (genes) are represented in subsequent generations due to better survival or reproduction
According to the textbook, pigs likely followed the _________ pathway(s) to domestication. - ✔✔-
combination of prey and commensal
All domestic cats are derived from which of the following species? - ✔✔-Felis silvestris lybica
Although it is unclear whether goat attunement to humans is due to domestication, one experiment, where
goats were given a difficult problem, showed that - ✔✔-goats look at the experimenter, seemingly
requesting help in solving a problem, when the experimenter is turned toward them
Although studies show that dogs have an emotional attachment to their owners, according to one study,
which do dogs work harder for? - ✔✔-Food treats
An efficient hunting-gathering mode of subsistence among our men and women ancestors involved - ✔✔-
a division of labor where men provided food from hunting and women provided food from gathering
, Animal X lives in the same area as a village of humans. Over time, humans have become more
comfortable with Animal X and increased their interactions. The humans in the village like to hunt
Animal X for food and will sometimes capture groups of Animal X so that they can breed it in an
enclosed space. However, the humans do not influence which of the animals breed, and they cannot
approach the animals.
True or False: Humans have domesticated Animal X. - ✔✔-False
Anthropomorphism is - ✔✔-the attribution of human mental states (thoughts, feeling, motivations and
beliefs) to nonhuman animals or objects
Archeological evidence from the Neolithic shows that - ✔✔-the first permanent settlements were still
small, consisting of about 20 mud-walled houses.
Archeological evidence from the Neolithic shows that - ✔✔-the first permanent settlements were still
small, consisting of about 20 mud-walled houses.
Archeological evidence of pig domestication - ✔✔-All are correct
As an example of a close relationship between sheep and sheep-owner, the 2001 epidemic of Foot &
Mouth disease led to a large increase in sheep-owner suicide. - ✔✔-True
As described in the textbook (Intro & Chapter 1), humans generally place animals into different
categories according to their use. For example, animals considered as pets are generally not eaten.
However, in some cultures animals have multiple uses, and as a result a pet animal might also be eaten.
One example of a country where pet dogs are also eaten is - ✔✔-SK
As our early ancestors became full-time predators—hunters of large game—they would also have evolved
psychological adaptations that - ✔✔-attracted them to savanna-like landscapes
allowed them to see the world from a prey animal's perspective
allowed them to understand and empathize with what a prey animal feels