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1) Who Am I? I live in Asia. I display strong sexual dimorphism. I lack a tail. I have been observed making and using tools. My arms are longer than my legs.
- A. Gorilla
- B. Baboon
- C. Lemur
- D. Orangutan
2) Although an accomplished biped, certain features, such as curved bones in the toes and fingers suggest that australopithecines __________.
- A. may have still spent time in the trees
- B. used brachiation as primary form of locomotion
- C. could have had difficulty walking
3) The medium ground finch was studied by the Grant's on the island of Daphne Major. During several years of drought, they noticed an increase in average beak size in the population. This is an example of _____.
A. stabilizing selection
- B. genetic bottleneck
- C. directional selection
- D. gene flow
4) Which of the following statements is true about biology and culture?
- A. Biology influences culture, but culture does not influence biology.
- B. Biology and culture are separate and do not influence each other.
- C. Culture influences biology, but biology does not influence culture.
- D. Biology and culture influence and are influenced by the other.
5) The two suborders of primates are:
- A. Cercopithecines and Colobines
- B. Haplorhines and Strepsirhines
- C. Anthropoid and Hominoid
- D. Platyrrhines and Catarrhines
6) The first species to spend a large amount of time and energy constructing objects with no obvious use (e.g. figurines, jewelry) was .
- A. Neanderthals
- B. Archaic H. sapiens
- C. H. erectus
- D. H. sapiens
7) Which of the following is an example of culture among non-human primates?
- A. lemurs diversifying into multiple species after arriving on a new island
- B. one male killing the young infants in a new group after he becomes the dominant male
- C. one macaque washing sweet potatoes in water and other group members doing the same
- D. a human teaching an ape to communicate using American Sign Language (ASL)
8) In general, non-human primate females increase their reproductive success by __.
- A. fighting with other females for mates
- B. investing time and energy in the search for mates
- C. being choosy about their mates
- D. only having one offspring their entire life
9) If you find a fossil in France dated to ~50kya with an occipital bun and a retromolar space, it likely belongs to which hominin group?
- A. modern H. sapiens
- B. H. naledi
- C. Neanderthal
- D. archaic H. sapiens
10) Which was the first hominin to leave Africa?
- A. H. habilis
- B. Neanderthals
- C. Archaic H. sapiens
- D. H. erectus
11) Which of the following are features are associated with bipedalism?
- A. short and curved pelvis, anterior foramen magnum, femur angled inward towards knee
- B. anterior foramen magnum, tall and flat pelvis, S-shaped vertebral column
- C. arched foot, divergent toe, C-shaped vertebral column
- D. non-divergent toe, similar sized vertebrae, straight femur
12) Strepsirhines differ from the general primate characteristics in that ____.
- A. they have ischial callosities
- B. they lack a post-orbital bar
- C. they lack grasping hands
- D. they have a dental comb
13) Blood types A and B are codominant to blood type O. If Lola is heterozygous for blood type A and Keenan is heterozygous for Type B blood, what is the probability their offspring will have type O blood?
- A. 0% (0/4)
- B. 25% (1/4)
- C. 50% (2/4)
- D. 75% (3/4)
- E. 100% (4/4)
14) The Hominin family includes _____
- A. humans and fossil human ancestors.
- B. humans and the great apes.
- C. modern humans only.
- D. living and fossil great apes.
15) Which of the following best defines anthropology?
- A. The study of humans from a genetic perspective only.
- B. The study of humankind in all its forms.
- C. The study of non-human primates, their anatomy, and their evolution.
- D. The study of ancient humans.
16) How did the exploration in the 1600s and 1700s help in the development of evolutionary theory?
- A. Individuals became increasingly aware of biological diversity on the planet.
- B. Explorers found no evidence for diversity, leading them to the conclusion that life was static and unchanging.
- C. Explorers were able to meet people from all over the world and write books together.
- D. Exploration did not impact the development of evolutionary theory.
17) Which of the following is one of the basic premises of Darwin's theory of evolution by means of natural selection?
- A. species have the capacity to change over their lifetimes and pass these changes on to their offspring
- B. the Earth is impacted by cataclysmic events that wipe out species, which are then replaced by more advanced species
- C. nature is full of variation
- D. the Earth is shaped by natural, uniform processes that occur today as they did in the past
18) A geneticist tracking how various traits are passed down from one generation to the next is engaged in _____.
- A. phylogenetics
- B. molecular genetics
- C. population genetics
- D. Mendelian genetics
19) The __________ model attributes the origins of modern humans to gene flow and repeated population movements.
- A. Multiregional
- B. Upper Paleolithic
- C. Out of Africa
- D. Replacement
20) Among modern human populations, the greatest amount of genetic diversity is seen within people from __.
- A. Asia
- B. Africa
- C. North America
- D. Europe
21) I am an adult female primate. I live in a territory with two adult males and our offspring. What type of social organization do I have?
- A. polygynous
- B. solitary
- C. monogamous
- D. polyandrous
22) Male baboons are significantly larger than female baboons. This anatomical difference is called?
- A. Kin selection
- B. Sexual diversity
- C. Sexual dimorphism
- D. Altruism
23) Sex cells possess half the chromosomes of somatic cells. This is referred to as the _____ number of chromosomes.
- A. heterozygous
- B. homologous
- C. homozygous
- D. haploid
24 ) In science, a preliminary explanation is known as a(n) _____.
- A. fact
- B. hypothesis
- C. paradigm
- D. experiment
25) The two main functions of DNA discussed in lecture are _____.
A. there is only one function of DNA - protein synthesis
- B. ATP production and cell reproduction
- C. Cell reproduction and protein synthesis
- D. protein synthesis and ATP production