Question 1

All of the following are examples of cultural practices acting as an agent for biological selection except:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​people diagnosed with diabetes taking a medicine prescribed by physicians become as biologically fit as anyone else 
B) ​people of low financial status who are unable to purchase medication prescribed by physicians affecting biological fitness 
C) ​an inherited trait that affects biological fitness 
D) ​greater lactose tolerance in populations contributing significantly to diet 
A) ​people diagnosed with diabetes taking a medicine prescribed by physicians become as biologically fit as anyone else 
B) ​people of low financial status who are unable to purchase medication prescribed by physicians affecting biological fitness 
C) ​an inherited trait that affects biological fitness 
D) ​greater lactose tolerance in populations contributing significantly to diet

Question 2

Those individuals with a mutation on the G6PD gene should not consume __________.​

Accepted Answer

The answer of Those individuals with a mutation on the...

Question 3

The United States Census Bureau uses data based on self-identification.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Fava beans provide protection against:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​measles 
B) ​malaria 
C) ​mumps 
D) ​chicken pox 
A) ​measles 
B) ​malaria 
C) ​mumps 
D) ​chicken pox

Question 5

The distribution of a single, genetically based characteristic related to adaptation is called a:​

Accepted Answer

A) ​thrifty gene 
B) ​genetic arbitrator 
C) ​cline 
D) ​polymorphism 
A) ​thrifty gene 
B) ​genetic arbitrator 
C) ​cline 
D) ​polymorphism

All of the following are examples of cultural practices acting as an agent for biological selection except:

Those individuals with a mutation on the G6PD gene should not consume __________.

The United States Census Bureau uses data based on self-identification.

Fava beans provide protection against:

The distribution of a single, genetically based characteristic related to adaptation is called a:

Thinking and Doing Anthropology

Biology Genetics and Evolution

Living Primates

Human Evolution

The Neolithic Revolution the Domestication of Plants and Animals

The Emergence of Cities and States

The Characteristics of Culture

Language and Communication

Social Identity Personality and Gender

Subsistence and Exchange

Sex Marriage and Family

Kinship and Other Forms of Grouping

Politics Power and Violence

Spirituality and Religion

Global Changes and the Role of Anthropology

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Exam 7: Modern Human Diversity Race and Racism