Anthropology Final Exam with 100%
correct answers(passed)
Which of the following statements about adaptation is incorrect? - ANS ✔✔Natural selection
and adaptation always promote genetic change.
A portion of the DNA molecule containing a sequence of base pairs that encodes a particular
protein is known as a: - ANS ✔✔gene
Homo describes a human: - ANS ✔✔genus
Founder effects is a type of: - ANS ✔✔genetic drift
If two populations of primates were separated for a substantially long period of time by
geographical changes, causing them, over time, to begin developing characteristics that
distinguished them from each other, it could result in: - ANS ✔✔cladogenesis
Which form of dating involves the comparison of tree ring growth? - ANS ✔✔dendrochronology
Maintaining one's own culture is an internationally recognized basic human right. - ANS ✔✔true
Studies of growth and development can provide data on the evolutionary history of humans. -
ANS ✔✔true
Anthropologists can be considered synthesizers. - ANS ✔✔true
, The study of material remains to describe and explain human behavior is known as
_______________. - ANS ✔✔archaeology
Mammals possess a skeleton in which the limbs are positioned to the sides of the body. - ANS
✔✔false
The primary form of locomotion found among African apes is: - ANS ✔✔knuckle-walking
There are dominance hierarchies among chimpanzees. - ANS ✔✔true
All of the following are lessons we can learn from the male orangutans in the "Original Study"
except: - ANS ✔✔Some primates perform immoral acts as part of a strategy to minimize
reproductive potential.
Why does your textbook classify early human ancestors using the genus "australopithecines"
instead of a series of species? - ANS ✔✔It is unclear exactly how many species exist.
In which geological time period did the first hominoids appear in what is now Asia, Africa, and
Europe? - ANS ✔✔Miocene
Remains in southern Africa suggest that Homo erectus may have learned to use fire by: - ANS
✔✔1 million years ago
Because of recent fossil discoveries, there is no longer any controversy surrounding the
placement of Neandertal in the modern human line. - ANS ✔✔false
Harris lines manifest stress when they show up on: - ANS ✔✔bones
correct answers(passed)
Which of the following statements about adaptation is incorrect? - ANS ✔✔Natural selection
and adaptation always promote genetic change.
A portion of the DNA molecule containing a sequence of base pairs that encodes a particular
protein is known as a: - ANS ✔✔gene
Homo describes a human: - ANS ✔✔genus
Founder effects is a type of: - ANS ✔✔genetic drift
If two populations of primates were separated for a substantially long period of time by
geographical changes, causing them, over time, to begin developing characteristics that
distinguished them from each other, it could result in: - ANS ✔✔cladogenesis
Which form of dating involves the comparison of tree ring growth? - ANS ✔✔dendrochronology
Maintaining one's own culture is an internationally recognized basic human right. - ANS ✔✔true
Studies of growth and development can provide data on the evolutionary history of humans. -
ANS ✔✔true
Anthropologists can be considered synthesizers. - ANS ✔✔true
, The study of material remains to describe and explain human behavior is known as
_______________. - ANS ✔✔archaeology
Mammals possess a skeleton in which the limbs are positioned to the sides of the body. - ANS
✔✔false
The primary form of locomotion found among African apes is: - ANS ✔✔knuckle-walking
There are dominance hierarchies among chimpanzees. - ANS ✔✔true
All of the following are lessons we can learn from the male orangutans in the "Original Study"
except: - ANS ✔✔Some primates perform immoral acts as part of a strategy to minimize
reproductive potential.
Why does your textbook classify early human ancestors using the genus "australopithecines"
instead of a series of species? - ANS ✔✔It is unclear exactly how many species exist.
In which geological time period did the first hominoids appear in what is now Asia, Africa, and
Europe? - ANS ✔✔Miocene
Remains in southern Africa suggest that Homo erectus may have learned to use fire by: - ANS
✔✔1 million years ago
Because of recent fossil discoveries, there is no longer any controversy surrounding the
placement of Neandertal in the modern human line. - ANS ✔✔false
Harris lines manifest stress when they show up on: - ANS ✔✔bones
