Exam 4: Becoming Human: the Origin and Diversity of Our Species

What is the purpose of a free upper lip among primates?

_________________ refers to the idea that a series of beneficial adjustments occurred to organisms in their environment.

The first part of the Old Stone Age is called the Early Paleolithic.

Although Neandertals developed their own unique tool-making tradition,they continued to create tools using the Oldowan technology as well.

Biological evolution refers to _______________.

Adult bonobos frequently use genito-genital rubbing as a means of reconciliation.

Which of the following primate groups has been observed tool-making most frequently?

Some 65 million years ago the change in climate began to favor the development of arboreal mammals.

Jane Goodall was the first woman sent by Louis Leakey to study non-human primates.

The branch of medical anthropology that uses evolutionary principles to contribute to contemporary human health issues is called ______________.

Carolus Linnaeus classified ______________ with humans and monkeys in the same order.

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

What is a species?

Which of the following is not a classification proposed by Linnaeus?

Which anthropologist studied forms of reconciliation among bonobos?

Homo habilis is associated with advances in tool-making.

Random mutations introduced NEW characteristics into the human line.

The classification of hominoid includes _______________.

Melanin is known to protect the skin from harmful ultraviolet rays.