Download Biological/Physical Anthropology and more Exercises Physical anthropology in PDF only on Docsity!
Biological/Physical Anthropology
What is the belief that species do not change but are the same as when first created known as? Fixity of species The DNA base Adenine always pairs with which other DNA base? Thymine Which of the following is an element of the scientific method? all of these (hypothesis, observation, experimentation) Who refined the existing system of classifying biological organisms into a binomial system? Carolus Linnaeus A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring is called A species According to biological anthropology, humans are primates and are the products of millions of years of evolution by natural selection. True Lamarck’s ideas are generally accepted by biologists today. False Who proposed that population size increases at faster rate than food supplies? Thomas Malthus The two basic types of cells are somatic cells and Gamates Which of the following is not one of the subfields of Anthropology in the United States? Psychology Culture is learned. True Gamates Transmit genetic information from parent to offspring What does the term biocultural evolution refer to? The interaction between biology and culture in human evolution Human evolution Is subject to the same forces that have acted upon other organisms Which of the following nitrogeneous basis is not found in DNA? Uracil The sex of a human child depends on:
The sperm carries an X or a Y chromosome Archbishop James Ussher calculated the age of the Earth using __________. the Old Testament of the Bible Mitochondria have their own DNA separate from that within the cell’s nucleus. True What strategy is unique to humans develop that allows them to the natural enviornment? Culture Prokaryotes are simple cells with just a nucleus but no organelles False How many chromosomes occur in normal human somatic cell? 46 The use of the two-level genus-species labels is known as ‘binomial nomenclature’. True Lamarckianism holds that __________. creatures transform and their offspring inherit those transformations Virtually every cell of the body contains the same copy of DNA. True A zygote Has the potential to develop into a new individual If the allele for type O blood is recessive and the allele for type A blood is dominant, a person with a A and O alleles would have type __________ blood. A Deoxyribonucleic acid has one main function—protein synthesis False All scientists immediately accepted Darwin’s revolutionary ideas False Biology produced culture, but culture does not influence biology False Cell Are the basic units of life A zygote Has the potential to develop into a new individual What is the belief that species do not change but are the same as when first created known as?
Half-life is half the time it takes for all of the original amount of an unstable isotope to decay into more stable forms. False Most living creatures end up as fossils. False Today, humans are the only bipedal mammals. True Compared to the Australopithecines, members of the genus Homo have smaller teeth The earliest stone tools occur in the record starting about __________ million years ago.
There is no sexual difference in human adolescent spurt False Upper Paleolithic cave art is found almost exclusively in Europe. False In almost all primate species, females have larger brains than males. False Evidence suggests that modern humans were in Australia before they were in Europe. True In industrialized nations, the age of menarche will be __________ than in non-industrialized nations. younger __________ is the subfield of biological anthropology concerned with issues of health and illness. Biomedical anthropology Which of the following is typical of the gestational stage? rapid development Which of the following is unique to humans? the adolescent growth spurt Aging may be the result of __________. all of these While the femur of a quadruped is straight, the femur of a biped is __________. angled inward to the knee In most primate species, males rarely participate in infant care. True
Fossils can be used to reconstruct ancient animal communities and therefore make inferences about ancient environments and habitats. True Social monogamy is not necessarily reproductive monogamy. True Most haplorhines have a dental formula including __________. The haplorrhines have the dental formula including 2 incisors, 1 canine, 2 premolars, and 3 molars Primates usually have at the ends of their digits. flat nails Research has produced evidence that higher primates use deception __________ than lower primates. more often Which of the following are more closely related to ourselves? Which of the following is most related to us? bonobos Half-life is half the time it takes for all of the original amount of an unstable isotope to decay into more stable forms. False Primates have the greatest __________ of any mammalian group. brain to body size ratio Which of the following can be found on Madagascar? lemurs Old World monkeys, apes, and humans are in the infraorder __________. Catarrhini Relative dating techniques establish the age of a fossil only in comparison to other material found with it. True Most living creatures end up as fossils. False Which is most likely to be preserved by fossilization? bones and teeth Today, humans are the only bipedal mammals. True The length of the arms decreased in hominin species over time because __________.
A human infant’s brain is nearly as large as an adult chimpanzee brain. True Old World Monkeys are closer to humans than the New World Monkeys. True Modern humans exhibit a decline in brain size compared with Neadertals. True Modern human throat anatomy are associated with a great risk of choking. True We are anatomically specialized both to produce language and process language-oriented sounds. True The processes of growth and development remain constant, regardless of environmental conditions. False People that are lactose intolerance have no difficulty in digesting milk sugar after the first few years of their life. False Loss of body hair during human evolution may have resulted from thermoregulatory adaptation to sweating in hot climate. True One of the best-documented cases of natural selection in humans is the relationship between malaria and hemoglobin s (Hbs) True Which dating method was applied on the 'Ice man' also know as Otzi man? Radio Acive carbon dioxide The main byproduct of plant photosynthesis is: oxygen The 'vitamin D hypothesis' held that dark skin would be a a disadvantage in norterh climates, since lack of Vitaamin D would lead to Rickets Lucy is significant because __________. the very complete nature of the skeleton In most people's brain, the language centers appear on the left hemisphere The __________ is a space in the tooth row that allows the canine of the lower jaw to slide
past the third premolar in apes and early hominins. diastema Which was the first hominin to leave Africa? H. erectus The footprints at Laetoli were made by __________. Australopithecus afarensis Lucy was discovered by Donald Johanson at Hadar, in the Awash Valley of __________ in
Ethiopia The famous fossil specimen "Lucy" is a representative of which Australopithecine species? afarensis In industrialized nations, the age of menarche will be __________ than in non-industrialized nations. younger The earliest stone tools occur in the record starting about __________ million years ago.
Taiwanese sim-pua marriages do not do as well as other marriages in Taiwan because __________. the couple was raised together as children The two parts of the skeleton that most readily reveal sex are the pelvis and skull The footprints at Laetoli in Tanzania date to about __________. 3.6 million years ago Some paleoanthropologists refer to the earliest H. erectus as H. __________. ergaster The dental arcade of modern humans is __________, while that of apes is__________. curved/ U-shaped The Taung child was identified by __________. Raymond Dart 'Lucy' is same as Australopithecus africanus False The Chimpanzee diet includes __________. The chimpanzee diet includes which of the following: fruit meat insects
all of these Illness is a product of __________. genes culture environment all of these Human behavior can be studied at the __________ level. Individual population species all of these Agricultural populations may be more vulnerable to infectious disease due to their __________. higher populations sedentary lifestyle limited access to a variety of water sources all of these What part of the body grows earliest legs brain sex organs pelvic girdle Which dental trait is a characteristic of only apes and hominid? large molars long pointy canine teeth Y-5 cusp pattern on some molars all the above Which of the following is not a short-term response to cold? shivering vasodilation vasoconstriction Increased metabolic rate The force of evolution, which is significant when small human populations become isolated is Mutation Gene flow Genetic drift Founders' effect Which of the following is unique to humans? puberty gestation the adolescent growth spurt
altricial offspring Y-5 pattern The biocultural view __________. focuses solely on the role of culture variables of disease focuses mostly on disease’s biological and environmental variables takes into account both biological and cultural aspects of disease does not include the role of behavior and its influence on disease
