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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Humans have opposable big toes.
B Apes have longitudinal arches in their feet.
C Apes have a complex material culture.
D Humans use spoken language.
Question #2
A hunting.
B tool use.
C bipedalism.
D speech.
Question #3
A Orrorin
B Paranthropus
C Sahelanthropus
D Gigantopithecus
Question #4
A opposable hallux
B posterior position of the foramen magnum
C a narrow pelvis
D femurs angled to produce valgus knees
Question #5
A mesial bridge.
B diastema.
C gingival space.
D dental gap.
Question #6
A more difficulty transporting food
B more risk of developing arthritis and back injuries
C more limited ways of making tools
D more difficulty transporting children
Question #7
A nails instead of claws
B dermal ridges on feet
C opposable big toe
D longitudinal arch in the foot
Question #8
A hominins
B eosimians
C chimpanzees
D gorillas
Question #9
A a long period of exposure
B protection from scavengers
C acidic soil
D an oxygen-filled environment
Question #10
A synonymous and nonsynonymous
B spontaneous and induced
C frameshift and transposable
D point and synonymous
Question #11
A a precision grip.
B short digits.
C opposable thumbs.
D an expanded reliance on sense of smell.
Question #12
A a marker species used to determine the age of a geological layer.
B a fossil found in a particular site.
C the ideal specimen of that species to which all later descriptions must refer.
D the type specimen of a species.
Question #13
A sperm are more powerful than eggs.
B the X chromosome determines sex.
C the X chromosome originates only from females.
D the Y chromosome is present in males only.
Question #14
A Grasping hands and feet were necessary for living in trees.
B Primates emerged because of adaptations to feeding fruit.
C Greater intelligence allowed primates to locomote on two feet.
D A heightened sense of smell was important for finding food in the forest.
Question #15
A They show great behavioral differences but are identical in appearance.
B They are no different from ancient species of finches.
C They have moved to one area from ancient unrelated species of finches.
D They are a closely related species that have branched from one species.
Question #16
A sometimes part of anthropology, zoology, or biology, focusing on the relationships between primates’ social behaviors and reproductive fitness.
B a subfield of anthropology focused on the physical aspects of primates.
C known as biological anthropology in the Old World and cultural anthropology in the New World.
D a subfield of cultural anthropology focused on primates’ social behavior.
Question #17
A serves to increase the reproductive success of a group’s females at the expense of the males’ reproductive success,
B Arises to increase relationships between kin for the improvement of the society as a whole.
C arises from the collection of individual behaviors to enhance reproductive success.
D emphasizes the care of the young above all else.
Question #18
A is also called the “neonatal” period.
B runs from three to seven years, generally postweaning.
C runs from the second month after birth to the end of lactation, usually by the end of the third year.
D includes three months before birth and three months after birth.
Question #19
A having one birth per year.
B caring for young and ensuring access to food.
C having twin births every year.
D bonding with the dominant male monogamously.
Question #20
A living humans and their ancestors dating to as far back as 6–8 million years ago.
B any living or extinct primate that walks upright.
C the earliest ancestors of humans, prior to 6–8 million years ago.
D living humans only.
Question #21
A They did not differ between populations.
B They originated in North America, according to fossil evidence.
C They are found on every continent.
D They embody the idea of descent with modification.
Question #22
A all of the primates of Madagascar
B all of the African primates
C diurnal and nocturnal galagos
D all of the New World primates
Question #23
A The last black-footed ferret dies in captivity.
B An island population derived from a small group of castaways has an unusually high prevalence of a rare genetic disease.
C A population of finches develops robust beaks in response to a change in food supply.
D A rare mutant allele for a medicinally beneficial chemical is lost in a plant population residing in a tropical forest fragment.
Question #24
A concerns differences in physical traits between males and females.
B primarily refers to male and female social hierarchy.
C is the study of sexual intercourse between primates.
D refers to the mating rites of primates.
Question #25
A biological anthropology, archaeology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology
B archaeology, geology, geography, and biology
C cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, geology, and physical anthropology
D physical anthropology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology
Question #26
A the retromolar space and heavy wearing on the teeth
B thick bones and extra muscles
C the low-lying, elongated skull
D stocky trunks and short limbs
Question #27
A low-lying foreheads.
B pronounced supraorbital tori.
C small brain cases.
D reduced prognathism.
Question #28
A large browridges, large nasal sinuses, and a large masticatory complex
B a large face, small teeth, and the lack of a projecting chin
C a high vertical forehead, a round and tall skull, and small browridges
D thicker postcranial bones than archaic Homo sapiens
Question #29
A Solutrean
B Mousterian
C Magdalenian
D Upper Paleolithic
Question #30
A a tall, flat forehead
B a narrow torso
C a large nasal aperture
D long limbs
Question #31
A blade
B Acheulean
C flake
D Mousterian
Question #32
A Back teeth became smaller because of increased use of material culture for processing food, while front teeth might have increased in size as an adaptation to using them as tools.
B Front teeth increased in size because of changes in diet, and this forced back teeth to become smaller.
C The rise and increased use of language required this reconfiguration of the teeth.
D Hominins shifted from eating roots, which makes use of the back teeth, to fruit, which makes use of the front teeth.
Question #33
A long limbs
B large, wide noses
C narrow bodies
D small, narrow noses
Question #34
A They and Neandertals became one population through gene flow.
B They evolved in place in different regions through gene flow.
C They initially were found in one region of Africa before spreading to other African regions.
D They spread from Africa and replaced all other populations with no gene flow.
Question #35
A flake
B harpoon
C spear
D chopper
Question #36
A apelike
B australopithecine
C modern
D archaic
Question #37
A flat cheekbones and small teeth.
B a robust build of the postcranial skeleton.
C a long and low brain case.
D large browridges and wide cheekbones.
Question #38
A Australopithecus garhi, because of its association with stone tools.
B Australopithecus garhi, because of similarity in the face, jaws, and teeth.
C Australopithecus robustus, because of similarly large molars and a sagittal crest.
D Australopithecus afarensis, because it dates to 3.0-2.5 mya and they are found in the same area.
Question #39
A thin bones and large browridges.
B thin bones and small browridges.
C thick bones and small browridges.
D thick bones and large browridges.
Question #40
A genetic comparisons linked African primates and living humans.
B of the anatomical similarity of humans and African apes.
C there was no known fossil record of hominins in Asia at the time.
D he found hominin fossils in South Africa while traveling on the Beagle.
Question #41
A erectus.
B sapiens.
C habilis.
D neanderthalensis.
Question #42
A meat eating started only with the appearance of Homo erectus and stone tools.
B meat eating started before Homo erectus but increased with more advanced technology.
C big-game hunting was the most common way early hominins obtained meat.
D violence among hominins was rampant.
Question #43
A Tool-making was most likely less important to Homo habilis.
B Homo habilis had a large chewing complex.
C Homo habilis had a larger brain.
D Homo habilis could walk on two legs.
Question #44
A stone-tool use that facilitated root and tuber processing.
B warmer climates, which changed the overall shape of the hominin body plan.
C increased intake of food, facilitated by larger teeth that permitted better food processing.
D increased protein in the diet, likely due to hunting.
Question #45
A 2.5–1.0 mya.
B 0.5 mya–present.
C more than 4.0 mya.
D 4.0–3.0 mya.
Question #46
A a foramen magnum at the base of the skull.
B long arms.
C long legs and opposable toes.
D double arches of the feet and adducted big toes.
Question #47
A a bigger sagittal keel.
B shorter legs.
C a larger brain.
D larger teeth.
Question #48
A limited the expansion of hominins into certain environments, such as dry grasslands.
B contributed to geographical expansion and increased food availability.
C made the digestion of foods more difficult.
D decreased the amount of food energy available in the hominin diet.