According to our class, what is a deme?                                              

1. A local breeding population. It reflects the idea that individuals who live closer together are more genetically related than individuals who live far apart.
2. Similar to a demon
3. a political division of Attica in ancient Greece
4. it is a term that we don’t use in biological anthropology

There is some genetic difference in human populations. Things like human skin color, ear wax and blood type vary by deme and the differences are gradual and move on a continuum. This gradual change in some phenotypic characteristics from one popuplation to the next is called

1. deme
2. derived traits
3. mechanical isolation
4. cline

A very small dog like a maltese and a large dog like a great dane would not be able to mate in a natural setting because of                                                

1. geographic isolation
2. gametic mortality
3. seasonal isolation
4. mechanical isolation

A horse and a donkey are still considered different species even though they can mate and produce a mule. Why?                                                              

1. because of hybrid sterility
2. because of gametic mortality
3. because of geographic isolation
4. because of mechanical isolation

Lucy and Maria Aylmar are twins who consider themselves to be different races. This proves that “”race”” is a socially constructed concept that is not based in biological fact

1. TRUE
2. FALSE