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