Exam 13: Our Last 10,000 Years: Agriculture, Population, and Biology

Improper alignment of the upper and lower dentition is called ________ .

Osteoarthritis is defined as

The first domesticated animal was the ________ .

Osteoarthritis is a skeletal disorder most easily seen on

Until about ________ , humans acquired virtually all their food through foraging.

How many separate centers of domestication exist, according to archaeologists?

The first animal to be domesticated during the Neolithic was the

Swollen and bowed shin bones (tibiae) and cranial cavitations are often caused by diseases called

Cereal grains such as rice that make up a significant portion of human diet today are known as

Rice was first domesticated in ________ , about 8,000 yBP.

Domestication refers to

The theory that face size in human beings decreased due to the consumption of softer foods is known as

Diseases such as yaws, syphilis, and bejel are known as

The region that contains archaeological sites documenting the development of early farming villages in the Middle East is called

Archaeological evidence showing a shift from long and narrow skulls to short and wide skulls, as a result of a change in diet linked to domestication, has been found in

According to anthropologist Jeffrey McKee, Earth's biodiversity is decreasing due to

As seen in the skeletal record, which of the following diseases likely affected humans as far back as the Holocene?

Modern humans have existed for over 100,000 years, but only over the last ________ years has Earth's population grown three orders of magnitude, from a few million people to over six billion today.

Evidence from China indicates that rice and grapes were fermented for wine as early as ________ .

Based on archaeological and genetic studies of modern people, by what mechanism did wheat spread from the Levant into Europe?