ASM 275 Exam 2

ASM 275 Exam 2 1. A person with subpubic concavity is female. True 2. Subadult age estimation is based on and is generally accurate than adult age estimation. Growth, more 3. Sex assessment is based on the fact that Males are generally larger than females 4. The pubic symphysis of an older adult individual will appear: Flat pubic face that is porous with bony protrusions 5. If we assume a racial view of human prehistory is a correct reflection of what actually happened in our past, then this suggests there were long periods of geographic isolation separating different populations of humans. True 6. Which of the following skeletal features is not used to estimate adult age: Sciatic notch 7. Social race refers to: The self-classification of individuals into racial categories 8. Which of the following can NOT be used to estimate the sex of human remains? DNA Tooth size Cranial shape and size Morphology of the knee joint 9. You are trying to estimate sex for a human pelvis but the pubic bone is completely missing. Which of the following could you use to estimate sex? Sciatic notch 10. Sex is the same thing as gender in humans. False 11. All of the following techniques can be used to estimate age in subadults EXCEPT: Dental formation Dental eruption Epiphyseal closure Cranial suture closure 12. Assessing sex for female skulls for which the individual is older than 60 years can be difficult because: Female skulls become more masculine with age due to postmenopausal changes 13. All of the following are features of the cranium that are useful for sex estimation EXCEPT: Mastoid process Supraorbital margins Glabella Ventral arc 14. Alveolar prognathism is associated with which ancestral affiliation? African ..............