Anthropology

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	Which of the following statements is incorrect?   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. Scientists believe that the missing link very likely existed sometime between 5 and 8 million years ago.      2. Between 4 and 5 million years ago, the environment of eastern and southern Africa was mostly made up of open country with pockets of woodlands.     3. All hominoids that show evidence of bipedalism are considered human.     4. Australopithecus inhabited an area of dense woodlands.      5. Between 5 and 15 million years ago, various kinds of hominoids lived throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe.     Score: 0/0.5
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	_______________ was the tool industry found among the Neandertals.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. Baton     2. Oldowan     3. Acheulian      4. Mousterian      5. Levallois     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	The Upper Paleolithic is marked by human migration to _______________ for the first time.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback  1. Africa     2. Baton     3. Asia     4. Europe     5. Australia      Score: 0/0.5
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	Which of the following anthropologists combated against the evaluation of humans by race?   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. Carlton Coon, Franz Boas     2. Carolus Linneaus, Franz Boas      3. Johann Blumenbach, Ashley Montagu     4. Ashley Montagu, Carlton Coon     5. Franz Boas, Ashley Montagu      Score: 0/0.5
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	In comparison to other mammals, primates have ________________.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. more incisors     2. more pre-molars     3. more canines      4. fewer pre-molars      5. more molars     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	The australopithecine “Lucy” was discovered in _______________.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. 1982     2. 1968     3. 1996      4. 1974      5. 1946     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	Tool-making puts a premium on _______________.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. migratory patterns     2. power      3. manual dexterity      4. group size     5. availability of meat     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	Which of the following primate groups has been observed tool-making most frequently?   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. bonobos     2. chimpanzees       3. baboons     4. rhesus macaques     5. gorillas     Score: 0/0.5
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	One of the most hotly debated genetic relationships in paleoanthropology is the connection between modern humans and:   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback  1. Homo Sapiens     2. Homo erectus     3. Homo antecessor     4. Mousterian Tool Bearers     5. Neandertals      Score: 0/0.5
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	The first members of the genus Homo first appeared around _______________ years ago.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. 2.0 million     2. 2.5 million      3. 1.5 million      4. 3.5 million     5. 4.5 million     Score: 0/0.5
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	What is a species?   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. a subgroup of a genus in which individuals share ancestral connections and characteristics     2. a subgroup of a genus in which individuals share the same physical characteristics     3. a population of individuals who randomly interbreed and produce offspring      4. a population of individuals able to interbreed and produce fertile offspring      5. none of the above     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	The branch of medical anthropology that uses evolutionary principles to contribute to contemporary human health issues is called ______________.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. historical medicine      2. evolutionary medicine      3. paleo-medicine     4. paleoanthropology medicine     5. adaptive medicine     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	The concept of race is ____________________ .   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. scientific      2. arbitrary      3. proven     4. expressive     5. exclusive     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	Which Western anthropologist was the first to encourage the study of Great Ape culture in the wild?   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback  1. Louis Leakey      2. Jane Goodall     3. Bronislaw Malinowski     4. Dian Fossey     5. Frans Boas     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	Carolus Linnaeus classified ______________ with humans and monkeys in the same order.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. sloths      2. bears     3. reptiles     4. lions      5. tarsiers     Score: 0/0.5
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	_______________ are typically represented in the popular media as “cave men.”   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. Homo habilis     2. Cro-Magnon     3. Homo erectus     4. Australopithecus      5. Neandertals      Score: 0.5/0.5
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	The classification of hominoid includes _______________.   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback  1. humans and apes, living and extinct      2. living humans, apes, and monkeys     3. all primate species     4. living humans and apes     5. humans, apes, and monkeys, living and extinct     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	Where did Jane Goodall begin her studies of chimpanzees?   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. Tokyo, Japan     2. Olduvai Gorge, Kenya     3. Karisoke, Rwanda      4. Gombe, Tanzania      5. Tai Rainforest     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	Which of the following tool makers invented the burin, which came into common use in the Upper Paleolithic?   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback 1. Oldowan Toolmakers     2. Homo habilis Toolmakers     3. Gibeon Toolmakers      4. Mousterian Toolmakers      5. Neandertal Toolmakers     Score: 0.5/0.5
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	Which of the following statements is correct?   Student Response Correct Answer Feedback  1. Social structures in ape communities are exclusively composed of male dominance hierarchies     2. Relationships among individuals within the ape communities are relatively harmonious.      3. Ape groups are formed of extended families that organize into clans that are male-dominated.     4. Ape groups are formed into communities that are disharmonious and full of constant conflict.     5. none of the above     Score: 0/0.5