BIO 345 Evolution Exam 4 Review Questions
and Answers
How are science and religion separate? - Correct Answers -Religion usually depends on
supernatural forces and cannot be investigated by science. Science involves theories
that can be proven with evidence.
Scientism - Correct Answers -belief that methods of science alone are sufficient for
discovering everything there is to know about universe
Deism - Correct Answers -belief that God created all things and set the universe in
motion but no longer actively directs physical phenomena
Theists - Correct Answers -believe that God actively intervenes in the world
What is the origin of eukaryotes? - Correct Answers -a symbiosis btw an Archaean and
a bacterium; earliest ancestry of humans
Where is it common to be lactose tolerant? - Correct Answers -Northern Europe
Describe the genetic drift in Africa 100 Kya. - Correct Answers -genetic drift was
intense; largest majority of amino acid substitution in proteins of human lineage were
fixed by drift not positive selection and many were deleterious
How was the effect of drift on ppl who left Africa? - Correct Answers -effects of drift were
more severe; colonists set out and caused a series of bottlenecks that increased in #
the farther from Africa they went; bottlenecks cause heterozygosity to be lost so
variation is expected to decline w/ distance from Africa
Which continent has the fewest deleterious mutations? - Correct Answers -AfricA
What group do humans belong to? - Correct Answers -apes
How are apes distinguished from other primates? - Correct Answers -lack of an external
tail
Describe bonobos - Correct Answers -they use sexual interactions (homo and
heterosexual) to resolve conflicts and maintain bonds
and Answers
How are science and religion separate? - Correct Answers -Religion usually depends on
supernatural forces and cannot be investigated by science. Science involves theories
that can be proven with evidence.
Scientism - Correct Answers -belief that methods of science alone are sufficient for
discovering everything there is to know about universe
Deism - Correct Answers -belief that God created all things and set the universe in
motion but no longer actively directs physical phenomena
Theists - Correct Answers -believe that God actively intervenes in the world
What is the origin of eukaryotes? - Correct Answers -a symbiosis btw an Archaean and
a bacterium; earliest ancestry of humans
Where is it common to be lactose tolerant? - Correct Answers -Northern Europe
Describe the genetic drift in Africa 100 Kya. - Correct Answers -genetic drift was
intense; largest majority of amino acid substitution in proteins of human lineage were
fixed by drift not positive selection and many were deleterious
How was the effect of drift on ppl who left Africa? - Correct Answers -effects of drift were
more severe; colonists set out and caused a series of bottlenecks that increased in #
the farther from Africa they went; bottlenecks cause heterozygosity to be lost so
variation is expected to decline w/ distance from Africa
Which continent has the fewest deleterious mutations? - Correct Answers -AfricA
What group do humans belong to? - Correct Answers -apes
How are apes distinguished from other primates? - Correct Answers -lack of an external
tail
Describe bonobos - Correct Answers -they use sexual interactions (homo and
heterosexual) to resolve conflicts and maintain bonds
