ARCH 131 Midterm Questions with
100% Correct Answers
T/F: all offspring of a homozygous dominant parent and a heterozygous parent
will exhibit the dominant form of the trait in question Correct Answer: T
what does spermatogenesis result in? Correct Answer: 4 viable sperm cells
what is the results of meiosis? Correct Answer: either 4 sperm cells (spermatids) or
1 egg
what is encephalization? Correct Answer: an increased ratio of brain to body
size
of the early primates from the Miocene Epoch, which most resembles modern
orangutans? Correct Answer: Sivapithecus
what are the four sub-disciplines of anthropology? Correct Answer: -
physical/biological anthropology
-archeology
-linguistics
-cultural anthropology
what is physical/biological anthropology? Correct Answer: the study of human
biological evolution and human remains
what is archeology? Correct Answer: the study of past cultures through their
material culture that survives in the archeological record
,what is linguistics? Correct Answer: the study of languages; study the role of
languages in culture
what is cultural anthorpology? Correct Answer: the study of living cultures
Who was Irish Archbishop James Ussher? Correct Answer: -1581-1656
-claimed the world began in 4004 BC (On Oct 23rd on a Sunday at 9 am)
-Believed Earth was created 6k years ago
What was found in the Feldhofer Cave (Germany) in 1856 and by whom?
Correct Answer: Neanderthal bones; found by Johann Fuhlrott who gave the
bones to Herman Shaaffhausen
Who was Rudolf Virchow? Correct Answer: -1821-1902
-father of modern pathology
-Claimed that Neandrethal bones presented by Fuhlrott and Shaaffhausen were
regular human bones with bone pathology
what were the 3 important changes in thinking about the natural world? Correct
Answer: -extreme age of earth
-extreme age of human history
-the mutability of organisms (evolution)
who was James Hutton? Correct Answer: -1726-1787
,-geologist
-came up with law of uniformitarianism
what is the law of uniformitanism? Correct Answer: geologically ancient
conditions were the same as or 'uniform to' those of today
(underlying system to how places are formed)
who was Charles Lyell? Correct Answer: -father of geology
-1797-1875
-claimed Earth is 300 million years old ("extreme antiquity of the Earth", 1835)
-claimed Earth was really old, but initially claimed people have only been
around 6k years, argued against evolution
who was Boucher de Perthes? Correct Answer: -1788-1868
-Geologist in France, found stone tools in Somme River, 1841
-First to really try and publicize findings but no one took him seriously
Who was Hugh Falconer? Correct Answer: -joined forces with Boucher de
Perthes to create a presentation of their claims. Found that the tools were
created by humans long ago.
what is Lamarckianism? Correct Answer: belief in inheritance of acquired
characteristics
, what did Geroge Cuvier (1796-1832) believe in? Correct Answer: catastrophism:
catastrophes such as Noah's arc would eradicate life and be replaced by
moving species
what did Charles Darwin contribute to knowledge of Evolution? Correct Answer:
mechanism for how evolutionary processes work
Who independently came up with natural selection other than Darwin? Correct
Answer: Alfred Russell Wallace
who was Thomas Henry Huxley? (1825-1895) Correct Answer: -Darwin's Bulldog
-anatomist who helped Darwin through his own debating skills and intellect,
educated public on how Darwin's theory works in practice
Who was Eugene Dubois? Correct Answer: 1858-1940, dutch physician
Found first remains of homo erectus in SE Asia.
T/F: Arthur Keith (1866-1955) & Marcellin Boule (1861-1942) did not believe that
Neanderthals were our ancestors Correct Answer: T; thought that humans are
SPECIAL
T/F: homo sapiens have bigger brains than Neanderthals Correct Answer: F
what was one of the arguments made by Keith & Boule in support of humans
being "Special" Correct Answer: that we have bigger brains and walk erect
what would be a more realistic term for "survival of the fittest"? Correct Answer:
survival of the fit enough
100% Correct Answers
T/F: all offspring of a homozygous dominant parent and a heterozygous parent
will exhibit the dominant form of the trait in question Correct Answer: T
what does spermatogenesis result in? Correct Answer: 4 viable sperm cells
what is the results of meiosis? Correct Answer: either 4 sperm cells (spermatids) or
1 egg
what is encephalization? Correct Answer: an increased ratio of brain to body
size
of the early primates from the Miocene Epoch, which most resembles modern
orangutans? Correct Answer: Sivapithecus
what are the four sub-disciplines of anthropology? Correct Answer: -
physical/biological anthropology
-archeology
-linguistics
-cultural anthropology
what is physical/biological anthropology? Correct Answer: the study of human
biological evolution and human remains
what is archeology? Correct Answer: the study of past cultures through their
material culture that survives in the archeological record
,what is linguistics? Correct Answer: the study of languages; study the role of
languages in culture
what is cultural anthorpology? Correct Answer: the study of living cultures
Who was Irish Archbishop James Ussher? Correct Answer: -1581-1656
-claimed the world began in 4004 BC (On Oct 23rd on a Sunday at 9 am)
-Believed Earth was created 6k years ago
What was found in the Feldhofer Cave (Germany) in 1856 and by whom?
Correct Answer: Neanderthal bones; found by Johann Fuhlrott who gave the
bones to Herman Shaaffhausen
Who was Rudolf Virchow? Correct Answer: -1821-1902
-father of modern pathology
-Claimed that Neandrethal bones presented by Fuhlrott and Shaaffhausen were
regular human bones with bone pathology
what were the 3 important changes in thinking about the natural world? Correct
Answer: -extreme age of earth
-extreme age of human history
-the mutability of organisms (evolution)
who was James Hutton? Correct Answer: -1726-1787
,-geologist
-came up with law of uniformitarianism
what is the law of uniformitanism? Correct Answer: geologically ancient
conditions were the same as or 'uniform to' those of today
(underlying system to how places are formed)
who was Charles Lyell? Correct Answer: -father of geology
-1797-1875
-claimed Earth is 300 million years old ("extreme antiquity of the Earth", 1835)
-claimed Earth was really old, but initially claimed people have only been
around 6k years, argued against evolution
who was Boucher de Perthes? Correct Answer: -1788-1868
-Geologist in France, found stone tools in Somme River, 1841
-First to really try and publicize findings but no one took him seriously
Who was Hugh Falconer? Correct Answer: -joined forces with Boucher de
Perthes to create a presentation of their claims. Found that the tools were
created by humans long ago.
what is Lamarckianism? Correct Answer: belief in inheritance of acquired
characteristics
, what did Geroge Cuvier (1796-1832) believe in? Correct Answer: catastrophism:
catastrophes such as Noah's arc would eradicate life and be replaced by
moving species
what did Charles Darwin contribute to knowledge of Evolution? Correct Answer:
mechanism for how evolutionary processes work
Who independently came up with natural selection other than Darwin? Correct
Answer: Alfred Russell Wallace
who was Thomas Henry Huxley? (1825-1895) Correct Answer: -Darwin's Bulldog
-anatomist who helped Darwin through his own debating skills and intellect,
educated public on how Darwin's theory works in practice
Who was Eugene Dubois? Correct Answer: 1858-1940, dutch physician
Found first remains of homo erectus in SE Asia.
T/F: Arthur Keith (1866-1955) & Marcellin Boule (1861-1942) did not believe that
Neanderthals were our ancestors Correct Answer: T; thought that humans are
SPECIAL
T/F: homo sapiens have bigger brains than Neanderthals Correct Answer: F
what was one of the arguments made by Keith & Boule in support of humans
being "Special" Correct Answer: that we have bigger brains and walk erect
what would be a more realistic term for "survival of the fittest"? Correct Answer:
survival of the fit enough
