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Final Exam

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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:

Question #1
A  Humans use spoken language.
B  Humans have opposable big toes.
C  Apes have a complex material culture.
D  Apes have longitudinal arches in their feet.
Question #2
A  speech.
B  tool use.
C  bipedalism.
D  hunting.
Question #3
A  Orrorin
B  Sahelanthropus
C  Gigantopithecus
D  Paranthropus
Question #4
A  femurs angled to produce valgus knees
B  posterior position of the foramen magnum
C  a narrow pelvis
D  opposable hallux
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  dermal ridges on feet
B  opposable big toe
C  longitudinal arch in the foot
D  nails instead of claws
Question #8
A  hominins
B  eosimians
C  chimpanzees
D  gorillas
Question #9
A  protection from scavengers
B  acidic soil
C  a long period of exposure
D  an oxygen-filled environment
Question #10
A  frameshift and transposable
B  point and synonymous
C  synonymous and nonsynonymous
D  spontaneous and induced
Question #11
A  short digits.
B  opposable thumbs.
C  a precision grip.
D  an expanded reliance on sense of smell.
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 determines sex.
B  sperm are more powerful than eggs.
C  the Y chromosome is present in males only.
D  the X chromosome originates only from females.
Question #14
A  Greater intelligence allowed primates to locomote on two feet.
B  Primates emerged because of adaptations to feeding fruit.
C  A heightened sense of smell was important for finding food in the forest.
D  Grasping hands and feet were necessary for living in trees.
Question #15
A  They are no different from ancient species of finches.
B  They show great behavioral differences but are identical in appearance.
C  They are a closely related species that have branched from one species.
D  They have moved to one area from ancient unrelated species of finches.
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  a subfield of cultural anthropology focused on primates’ social behavior.
D  known as biological anthropology in the Old World and cultural anthropology in the New World.
Question #17
A  Arises to increase relationships between kin for the improvement of the society as a whole.
B  serves to increase the reproductive success of a group’s females at the expense of the males’ reproductive success,
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 the second month after birth to the end of lactation, usually by the end of the third year.
C  includes three months before birth and three months after birth.
D  runs from three to seven years, generally postweaning.
Question #19
A  having twin births every year.
B  caring for young and ensuring access to food.
C  having one birth per year.
D  bonding with the dominant male monogamously.
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 only.
D  living humans and their ancestors dating to as far back as 6–8 million years ago.
Question #21
A  They did not differ between populations.
B  They are found on every continent.
C  They embody the idea of descent with modification.
D  They originated in North America, according to fossil evidence.
Question #22
A  diurnal and nocturnal galagos
B  all of the New World primates
C  all of the primates of Madagascar
D  all of the African primates
Question #23
A  A population of finches develops robust beaks in response to a change in food supply.
B  An island population derived from a small group of castaways has an unusually high prevalence of a rare genetic disease.
C  A rare mutant allele for a medicinally beneficial chemical is lost in a plant population residing in a tropical forest fragment.
D  The last black-footed ferret dies in captivity.
Question #24
A  is the study of sexual intercourse between primates.
B  primarily refers to male and female social hierarchy.
C  refers to the mating rites of primates.
D  concerns differences in physical traits between males and females.
Question #25
A  physical anthropology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology
B  cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, geology, and physical anthropology
C  archaeology, geology, geography, and biology
D  biological anthropology, archaeology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology
Question #26
A  the retromolar space and heavy wearing on the teeth
B  stocky trunks and short limbs
C  the low-lying, elongated skull
D  thick bones and extra muscles
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  Solutrean
B  Mousterian
C  Upper Paleolithic
D  Magdalenian
Question #30
A  a tall, flat forehead
B  a large nasal aperture
C  long limbs
D  a narrow torso
Question #31
A  Mousterian
B  flake
C  Acheulean
D  blade
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  Hominins shifted from eating roots, which makes use of the back teeth, to fruit, which makes use of the front teeth.
C  The rise and increased use of language required this reconfiguration of the teeth.
D  Front teeth increased in size because of changes in diet, and this forced back teeth to become smaller.
Question #33
A  large, wide noses
B  narrow bodies
C  long limbs
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  spear
C  harpoon
D  chopper
Question #37
A  large browridges and wide cheekbones.
B  flat cheekbones and small teeth.
C  a robust build of the postcranial skeleton.
D  a long and low brain case.
Question #38
A  Australopithecus garhi, because of similarity in the face, jaws, and teeth.
B  Australopithecus robustus, because of similarly large molars and a sagittal crest.
C  Australopithecus garhi, because of its association with stone tools.
D  Australopithecus afarensis, because it dates to 3.0-2.5 mya and they are found in the same area.
Question #39
A  thick bones and large browridges.
B  thin bones and small browridges.
C  thick bones and small browridges.
D  thin 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  he found hominin fossils in South Africa while traveling on the Beagle.
D  there was no known fossil record of hominins in Asia at the time.
Question #42
A  meat eating started before Homo erectus but increased with more advanced technology.
B  big-game hunting was the most common way early hominins obtained meat.
C  meat eating started only with the appearance of Homo erectus and stone tools.
D  violence among hominins was rampant.
Question #43
A  Tool-making was most likely less important to Homo habilis.
B  Homo habilis could walk on two legs.
C  Homo habilis had a large chewing complex.
D  Homo habilis had a larger brain.
Question #44
A  warmer climates, which changed the overall shape of the hominin body plan.
B  increased protein in the diet, likely due to hunting.
C  stone-tool use that facilitated root and tuber processing.
D  increased intake of food, facilitated by larger teeth that permitted better food processing.
Question #45
A  2.5–1.0 mya.
B  4.0–3.0 mya.
C  more than 4.0 mya.
D  0.5 mya–present.
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 larger brain.
B  shorter legs.
C  larger teeth.
D  a bigger sagittal keel.
Question #48
A  limited the expansion of hominins into certain environments, such as dry grasslands.
B  made the digestion of foods more difficult.
C  decreased the amount of food energy available in the hominin diet.
D  contributed to geographical expansion and increased food availability.