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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Most genetic traits sort people into a fixed number of race categories. Clines do not sort people this way but are rare.
B The cline is the scale against which variation is measured, from which we can derive the number of distinct races in a region.
C The term clinal variation is another term for race or subspecies.
D Most traits are not bounded by supposed “racial” boundaries but rather vary between two points.
Question #2
A study of populations in their natural environments.
B functioning of all levels of any organism’s biology.
C use of material culture to make living possible in certain settings.
D replication of environmental conditions and human responses to those conditions.
Question #3
A Eocene primates had opposable digits.
B Eocene primates had a smaller brain.
C Eocene primates lacked a postorbital bar.
D Eocene primates had a decreased reliance on vision.
Question #4
A African ancestors reached South America by using the Bering Strait between Asia and North America.
B Platyrrhines and catarrhines evolved together from the same lineage in North America.
C Ancestors crossed the Atlantic from Europe to South America.
D North American ancestors migrated south, evolving into platyrrhines.
Question #5
A Aegyptopithecus.
B Oligopithecus.
C Apidium.
D Parapithecus.
Question #6
A development of Dryopithecus.
B adaptive radiation of Euprimates.
C extinction of many primate species.
D spread of Sivapithecus.
Question #7
A 7; 5.2
B 4.6; 3.5
C 3.4; 2.5
D 12; 3.6
Question #8
A cryptozoology.
B taphonomy.
C forensic biology.
D archaeology.
Question #9
A radiocarbon dating
B radiopotassium dating
C amino acid dating
D electron spin resonance dating
Question #10
A flourine dating.
B radiocarbon dating.
C dendrochronology.
D radiopotassium dating.
Question #11
A taphonomy
B paleontology
C geology
D fossilization
Question #12
A amino acid dating
B cultural dating
C tree ring dating
D fission-track dating
Question #13
A decreased competition for mates in a monogamous social structure
B the polygamous social structure in gibbons
C unequal access to resources within their environment
D the fact that sexual dimorphism is not related to social structure in gibbons
Question #14
A bringing females a courtship gift such as fruit or a small mammal.
B conducting infanticide and fighting other males for dominance.
C forming long-term cooperative relationships with multiple females.
D identifying their own rank, based on age, and waiting until reaching a certain age to approach females.
Question #15
A Females often practice infanticide.
B Greater female rank results in reproduction at an older age.
C Males compete with each other for resources for their young.
D Males compete with each other for mates, affecting their sexual dimorphism.
Question #16
A the physical competition for access to females.
B selection of males by females on the basis of disposition, physical appearance, and hierarchical position.
C natural selection in one sex caused by a trait’s attractiveness to members of the opposite sex.
D the competition for resources to access females.
Question #17
A one adult male, one adult female, and their offspring.
B several adult males and no adult females.
C one adult female, several adult males, and their offspring.
D one adult male, several adult females, and their offspring.
Question #18
A bonding between two members of a social group, calming or appeasing the primate being groomed if he or she has a higher dominance
B the development of alliances between males
C the development of alliances between females
D bonding between individuals of the same rank, picking through the skin and hair of another individual
Question #19
A baboons.
B bushbucks.
C red colobus monkeys.
D bushpigs.
Question #20
A 2/2/2/3
B 2/1/2/3
C 2/2/3/3
D 2/1/3/3
Question #21
A African and Asian apes only
B tarsiers, monkeys, and apes only
C lemurs, lorises, galagos, and tarsiers
D monkeys and apes, including humans
Question #22
A diurnal and nocturnal galagos
B all of the African primates
C all of the New World primates
D all of the primates of Madagascar
Question #23
A short digits.
B opposable thumbs.
C a precision grip.
D an expanded reliance on sense of smell.
Question #24
A a wet nose, a snout, downward-facing nostrils, and longer hind limbs than forelimbs
B a tooth comb, a grooming claw, and a downward facing foramen magnum
C a snout, downward-facing nostrils, and longer forelimbs than hind limbs
D a wet nose, a snout, a tooth comb, and a grooming claw