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Question 12 pts

Studies have shown that UV radiation rapidly depletes ______, which plays a crucial role in neural tube development of the embryo. https://penstrokeswriters.com/order/order

  carotene
  vitamin C

 

  melanin
  folate

 

 

  melanocytes

 

 

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Question 22 pts

According to lecture, thus far, the oldest skeletal evidence for anatomically modern Homo sapiens could be as old as:

  125,000 years
  1.8 million years

 

  400,000 years
  600,000 years

 

 

  195,000 years

 

 

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Question 32 pts

 

This tool is an example of a __________ tool using ________.  They are found with increased frequency during the ______.

  compound; microliths; neolithic
  integrated; microliths; mesolithic

 

  compound; burian; neolithic
  composite; microliths; mesolithic

 

 

  composite; mousterian flakes; mesolithic

 

 

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Question 42 pts

A person raised in the Andean highlands has relatively larger lung volume than does a person raised in the lowlands.  This difference is best explained by:

  Physical adaptation
  Physiological adaptation

 

  Hormonal adaptation
  Developmental acclimatization

 

 

  Genetic acclimatization

 

 

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Question 52 pts

Which of the following are basic changes that mark the transition from Neolithic village life to life in the first urban centers? Choose all that apply:

  diversification of food resources.
  agricultural innovation.

 

  diversification of labor.
  central government.

 

 

  social stratification.

 

 

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Question 62 pts

Which of the following are seen in the pattern of human evolution history? Choose all that apply.

  Natural selection acting on anatomically modern Homo sapiens within the last 10,000 years
  Evidence of an adaptive shift starting around 1.8 mya relating to changes in body size, subsistence patterns, and technology changes

 

  A shift from extractive foraging to food production starting about 40,000 years ago
  Several groups of hominins that are not directly in the modern human lineage (our evolutionary cousins)

 

 

  Evolution of increased brain size then bipedal locomotion

 

 

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Question 72 pts

As discussed in class, genetic adaptations to environmental stresses are

  seen only in nonhuman animals
  long term microevolutionary changes within a population

 

  always temporary
  short-term evolutionary changes within an individual

 

 

  the same as acclimatization responses

 

 

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Question 82 pts

Molecular information from Ust’-Ishim Man, an anatomically modern Homo sapiensfossil dated to 45,000 years ago shows about _________% admixture with Neandertals.

  10
  50

 

  2
  20

 

 

  0

 

 

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Question 92 pts

Nonconcordant variation means:

  traits vary between populations at the same rate
  the presence of one trait can predict another

 

  traits vary gradually between neighboring populations
  traits vary between populations in a predictable pattern

 

 

  traits vary between populations, but not at the same rate

 

 

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Question 102 pts

Primary innovation differs from secondary innovation because:

  it involves modification of primary knowledge
  it involves careful experimentation to create a new technique

 

  it involves chance discovery of a new idea
  it rarely leads to changes in technology

 

 

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Question 112 pts

Lactase persistence is a _________ that typifies __________ communities.

  developmental adaptation; foraging
  developmental acclimatization; pastoralist

 

  genetic adaptation; pastoralist
  genetic adaptation; agricultural

 

 

  genetic adaptation; foraging

 

 

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Question 122 pts

In regards to hominin tool kits, a blade is defined as being:

  made only out of obsidian
  twice as wide as it is long

 

  a tool that takes fewer steps to make than a flake tool
  twice as long as it is wide

 

 

  a tool that occurs in high frequency during the middle paleolithic

 

 

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Question 132 pts

Which is a term applied to an evolutionary process whereby humans modify, either intentionally or unintentionally, the genetic makeup of a population of plants or animals?

  Transition
  Revolution

 

  Conversion
  Modification

 

 

  Domestication

 

 

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Question 142 pts

Many characteristics that have traditionally been used to define ‘races’ in human populations:

  are polygenic.
  are the product of Mendelian inheritance.

 

  do not vary within groups.
  can easily be altered

 

 

  easily draw distinct boundaries between populations.

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