Question 1

Which of the following characterizes global temperature changes since the Last Interglacial?

Accepted Answer

A) 100,000 years of highly variable but mostly cold climate followed by 10,000 years of warm and less variable climate 
B) steadily warming climate 
C) steadily cooling climate 
D) 50,000 years with little change followed by 50,000 years of rapid change 
A) 100,000 years of highly variable but mostly cold climate followed by 10,000 years of warm and less variable climate 
B) steadily warming climate 
C) steadily cooling climate 
D) 50,000 years with little change followed by 50,000 years of rapid change

Question 2

Agricultural foods eventually shifted nutrition from a generalized diet to one:

Accepted Answer

A) with low levels of carbohydrates. 
B) with high levels of carbohydrates and poor quality proteins. 
C) with high levels of carbohydrates and high quality proteins. 
D) with low levels of both fat and carbohydrates. 
A) with low levels of carbohydrates. 
B) with high levels of carbohydrates and poor quality proteins. 
C) with high levels of carbohydrates and high quality proteins. 
D) with low levels of both fat and carbohydrates.

Question 3

What does an oval cross-section of an adult human femur suggest?

Accepted Answer

A) The individual was likely very physically active. 
B) The individual was lethargic and largely sedentary. 
C) The individual had a nutritional deficiency as a child. 
D) You cannot discern anything from the shape of a bone. 
A) The individual was likely very physically active. 
B) The individual was lethargic and largely sedentary. 
C) The individual had a nutritional deficiency as a child. 
D) You cannot discern anything from the shape of a bone.

Question 4

What two phenomena accompanied the frequent occurrence of agriculture around the world?

Accepted Answer

A) increase in population size and food shortages 
B) change in climate and consequent change in environment 
C) distribution of land wealth and trade of produce 
D) decline in nutritional quality and increase in infectious disease 
A) increase in population size and food shortages 
B) change in climate and consequent change in environment 
C) distribution of land wealth and trade of produce 
D) decline in nutritional quality and increase in infectious disease

Question 5

By the close of the Pleistocene,what was the size of the human population?

Accepted Answer

A) several thousand 
B) 7 billion 
C) several million 
D) 1 billion 
A) several thousand 
B) 7 billion 
C) several million 
D) 1 billion

Question 6

What was probably the cause of the human population increase of the Holocene?

Accepted Answer

A) a decrease in disease as a result of sedentism 
B) more effective medical practices 
C) decreased birth spacing 
D) a dramatic increase in nutritional quality as a result of agriculture 
A) a decrease in disease as a result of sedentism 
B) more effective medical practices 
C) decreased birth spacing 
D) a dramatic increase in nutritional quality as a result of agriculture

Question 7

Where is the Neolithic site Çatalhöyük located?

Accepted Answer

A) southwest Asia 
B) southern Africa 
C) central Mexico 
D) India 
A) southwest Asia 
B) southern Africa 
C) central Mexico 
D) India

Question 8

What does the masticatory-functional hypothesis state?

Accepted Answer

A) Over time there was a clear reduction in the size of the face and jaws. 
B) Tooth and jaw size have decreased over time. 
C) Change in skull form represents a response to decreased demands on the chewing muscles. 
D) Tooth and jaw size increased over time. 
A) Over time there was a clear reduction in the size of the face and jaws. 
B) Tooth and jaw size have decreased over time. 
C) Change in skull form represents a response to decreased demands on the chewing muscles. 
D) Tooth and jaw size increased over time.

Question 9

Dogs were the first animals to be domesticated.By when were they domesticated?

Accepted Answer

A) before 15,000 years ago 
B) the beginning of the Middle Paleolithic 
C) the Lower Paleolithic 
D) the beginning of the Cenozoic 
A) before 15,000 years ago 
B) the beginning of the Middle Paleolithic 
C) the Lower Paleolithic 
D) the beginning of the Cenozoic

Question 10

What did the Neolithic demographic transition cause?

Accepted Answer

A) a decrease in birthrate 
B) earlier weaning 
C) a slow increase in the world's population 
D) a shift from low birthrate to high birthrate 
A) a decrease in birthrate 
B) earlier weaning 
C) a slow increase in the world's population 
D) a shift from low birthrate to high birthrate

Question 11

________ iron is found in some foods that provide all the amino acids humans require for the absorption of iron.

Accepted Answer

A) Heme 
B) Nonheme 
C) Flat 
D) Raw 
A) Heme 
B) Nonheme 
C) Flat 
D) Raw

Question 12

The archaeological record suggests that farming began in southeastern Turkey by:

Accepted Answer

A) 6,000 yBP. 
B) 4,000 yBP. 
C) 1,500 yBP. 
D) 10,500 yBP. 
A) 6,000 yBP. 
B) 4,000 yBP. 
C) 1,500 yBP. 
D) 10,500 yBP.

Question 13

During your lab you are asked to identify the pathological feature of spongy bone invading the eye socket that occurs in the interior upper surface of the eye sockets.What is your diagnosis of the condition?

Accepted Answer

A) porotic hyperostosis,resulting from iron-deficiency anemia 
B) periosteal reaction,resulting from changes in diet 
C) ameloblasts,resulting from changes in diet and parasitic infection 
D) cribra orbitalia,resulting from iron-deficiency anemia or parasitic infection 
A) porotic hyperostosis,resulting from iron-deficiency anemia 
B) periosteal reaction,resulting from changes in diet 
C) ameloblasts,resulting from changes in diet and parasitic infection 
D) cribra orbitalia,resulting from iron-deficiency anemia or parasitic infection

Question 14

What form of subsistence pattern is found in the Neolithic period? Name three geographic regions where Neolithic lifeways appeared independently.

Accepted Answer

The Neolithic,while technically defined

Question 15

What are cavities in the teeth also called?

Accepted Answer

A) hypoplasias 
B) enamel defects 
C) dentin foramina 
D) dental caries 
A) hypoplasias 
B) enamel defects 
C) dentin foramina 
D) dental caries

Question 16

Parasitic infections are a primary cause of ________ in many regions of the globe.

Accepted Answer

A) iron-deficiency anemia 
B) Staphylococcus aureus 
C) treponematoses 
D) endemic disease 
A) iron-deficiency anemia 
B) Staphylococcus aureus 
C) treponematoses 
D) endemic disease

Question 17

What do bone comparisons between hunter-gatherers and later agriculturalists,followed by modern peoples,show?

Accepted Answer

A) an increase in size 
B) greater robusticity of the long arm bones only 
C) a decline in size 
D) a stasis in bone density 
A) an increase in size 
B) greater robusticity of the long arm bones only 
C) a decline in size 
D) a stasis in bone density

Question 18

Tooth size and jaw size have reduced in the last:

Accepted Answer

A) 17,000 yBP. 
B) 10,000 yBP. 
C) 6,000 yBP. 
D) 3,000 yBP. 
A) 17,000 yBP. 
B) 10,000 yBP. 
C) 6,000 yBP. 
D) 3,000 yBP.

Question 19

What was a major cause of the adaptive success characterized by population explosion?

Accepted Answer

A) a decreased food supply 
B) an increased food supply 
C) agriculture 
D) a sedentary lifestyle 
A) a decreased food supply 
B) an increased food supply 
C) agriculture 
D) a sedentary lifestyle

Question 20

What did the widespread use of pottery lead to?

Accepted Answer

A) more efficient foraging for wild plants 
B) lengthening of the cranial vault and an increase in tooth size 
C) shortening of the skull and decrease in tooth size 
D) increase in tooth wear 
A) more efficient foraging for wild plants 
B) lengthening of the cranial vault and an increase in tooth size 
C) shortening of the skull and decrease in tooth size 
D) increase in tooth wear

Which of the following characterizes global temperature changes since the Last Interglacial?

Agricultural foods eventually shifted nutrition from a generalized diet to one:

What does an oval cross-section of an adult human femur suggest?

What two phenomena accompanied the frequent occurrence of agriculture around the world?

By the close of the Pleistocene,what was the size of the human population?

What was probably the cause of the human population increase of the Holocene?

Where is the Neolithic site Çatalhöyük located?

What does the masticatory-functional hypothesis state?

Dogs were the first animals to be domesticated.By when were they domesticated?

What did the Neolithic demographic transition cause?

________ iron is found in some foods that provide all the amino acids humans require for the absorption of iron.

The archaeological record suggests that farming began in southeastern Turkey by:

During your lab you are asked to identify the pathological feature of spongy bone invading the eye socket that occurs in the interior upper surface of the eye sockets.What is your diagnosis of the condition?

What form of subsistence pattern is found in the Neolithic period? Name three geographic regions where Neolithic lifeways appeared independently.

What are cavities in the teeth also called?

Parasitic infections are a primary cause of ________ in many regions of the globe.

What do bone comparisons between hunter-gatherers and later agriculturalists,followed by modern peoples,show?

Tooth size and jaw size have reduced in the last:

What was a major cause of the adaptive success characterized by population explosion?

What did the widespread use of pottery lead to?

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Exam 13: The Past 10, 000 Years: Agriculture, population, biology

Which of the following characterizes global temperature changes since the Last Interglacial?

Agricultural foods eventually shifted nutrition from a generalized diet to one:

What does an oval cross-section of an adult human femur suggest?

What two phenomena accompanied the frequent occurrence of agriculture around the world?

By the close of the Pleistocene,what was the size of the human population?

What was probably the cause of the human population increase of the Holocene?

Where is the Neolithic site Çatalhöyük located?

What does the masticatory-functional hypothesis state?

Dogs were the first animals to be domesticated.By when were they domesticated?

What did the Neolithic demographic transition cause?

________ iron is found in some foods that provide all the amino acids humans require for the absorption of iron.

The archaeological record suggests that farming began in southeastern Turkey by:

During your lab you are asked to identify the pathological feature of spongy bone invading the eye socket that occurs in the interior upper surface of the eye sockets.What is your diagnosis of the condition?

What form of subsistence pattern is found in the Neolithic period? Name three geographic regions where Neolithic lifeways appeared independently.

What are cavities in the teeth also called?

Parasitic infections are a primary cause of ________ in many regions of the globe.

What do bone comparisons between hunter-gatherers and later agriculturalists,followed by modern peoples,show?

Tooth size and jaw size have reduced in the last:

What was a major cause of the adaptive success characterized by population explosion?

What did the widespread use of pottery lead to?

What Is Physical Anthropology?

Evolution: Constructing a Fundamental Scientific Theory

Genetics: Reproducing Life and Producing Variation

Genes and Their Evolution: Population Genetics

Biology in the Present: Living People

Biology in the Present: The Other Living Primates

Primate Sociality, social Behavior, and Culture

Fossils and Their Place in Time and Nature

Primate Origins and Evolution: The First 50 Million Years

Early Hominin Origins and Evolution: The Roots of Humanity

The Origins and Evolution of Early Homo

The Origins,evolution,and Dispersal of Modern People

Evolution: Today and Tomorrow

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