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The approach taken in this course to understand the complexity of our
relationships to non-human animals ... - ✔✔all choices are correct
The "human-animal" distinction - ✔✔likely originated with the
domestication of animals, and subsequently justified by Western
philosophers
There are 3 common types of symbioses - ✔✔mutualism,
commensalism, parasitism
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 - ✔✔South Korea
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Because for millions of years our ancestors' survival depended on
recognizing the potential danger and also food value of animals - ✔✔our
brains' visual system evolved to quickly and efficiently recognize animals
There are 3 foci or themes that will appear throughout this course. Select
one that will NOT be covered in this course. - ✔✔Appropriate methods
for training your dog and cat.
In many non-Western cultures, non-human animals are -
✔✔incorporated into their spiritual or religious beliefs
One way to describe and understand the biological connection between
humans and other animals is - ✔✔as types of ecological
interrelationships that include 3 common type of symbioses
People of different cultures put non-human animals into different categories
or groupings. These categories primarily reflect - ✔✔how the animal(s)
are used
Before the emergence of the genus Homo, our Australopithecus earlier
ancestors - ✔✔included a lot of plant material in their diet, as indicated
by their relatively small back (molar) teeth ????
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Based on research, what type of environment is most preferred by humans
at a young age? - ✔✔Savanna
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
The available genetic evidence indicates that modern dogs evolved from -
✔✔an animal most similar to the gray wolf
The archeologist Stephen Mithen has argued that the capacity to read an
animal's mind, to see the world from an animal's perspective, first appeared
in fully modern humans. In Mithen's view, earlier pre-modern ancestral
humans, although successful hunters, - ✔✔used mind reading only for
other humans but not for other animals
When did our ancestors first start making tools according to archaeological
evidence? (Note: mya= million years ago) - ✔✔~2.5 mya