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

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Match the term to its definition.
Homo
group of primates that includes all living and extinct apes and humans
natural selection
series of beneficial adjustments of organisms to the environment
adaptation
changes over generations in the genetic makeup of a population
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Homo
group of primates that includes all living and extinct apes and humans
natural selection
series of beneficial adjustments of organisms to the environment
adaptation
changes over generations in the genetic makeup of a population
evolution
a genus that includes living and extinct humans
hominoid
mechanism operating on the individual level to improve adaptation to the environment
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The hypothesis that modern human originated through a process of simultaneous local transition from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens throughout the inhabited world is called the _______________.

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Australopithecine fossils have been found in all of the following modern-day areas except _______________.

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Which of the following anthropologists combated against the evaluation of humans by race?

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Where did Jane Goodall begin her studies of chimpanzees?

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One of the most hotly debated genetic relationships in paleoanthropology is the connection between modern humans and:

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Which Western anthropologist was the first to encourage the study of Great Ape culture in the wild?

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The concept of race is ____________________ .

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Which of the following is not considered a "disease of civilization"?

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Which of the following is not a true statement?

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Which of the following study living primates?

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In comparison to other mammals,primates have ________________.

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Increased meat consumption by our early ancestors was important to human evolution.

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The shift from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens occurred within the ________________.

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The greatest single cache of hominin fossils in the world was found at _______________.

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Which of the following tool makers invented the burin,which came into common use in the Upper Paleolithic?

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The ability to see the world in the three dimensions of height,width,and depth is due to primates' unique development of _______________.

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Which Swedish naturalist divided the human species into four major groups according to geographic area,classifying all Europeans as white,Africans as black,American Indians as red,Asians as yellow?

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George Armelagos argues that the first major decline in human health occurred with the earliest human village settlements.

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Which came first for humans?

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