Question 1

What two models discuss how innovations spread? By what mechanism did wheat spread from the Levant into Europe?

Accepted Answer

There are basically two models for descr

Question 2

What does a round cross-section of a long bone suggest?

Accepted Answer

A) The bone will have greater strength through one of its axes. 
B) The bone will have less strength though its y-axis. 
C) The bone will have equal strength in all directions. 
D) The bone will break given a small amount of tension. 
A) The bone will have greater strength through one of its axes. 
B) The bone will have less strength though its y-axis. 
C) The bone will have equal strength in all directions. 
D) The bone will break given a small amount of tension.

Question 3

How is climate change likely related to the agricultural revolution?

Accepted Answer

A) The start of the agricultural revolution caused significant climate change to which humans needed to adapt. 
B) Agriculture did not develop until the climate changed to become more stable. 
C) Agriculture became widespread in response to rapid climate change. 
D) As the rate of climate change was reduced and allowed for a more variable environment,agriculture was made possible. 
A) The start of the agricultural revolution caused significant climate change to which humans needed to adapt. 
B) Agriculture did not develop until the climate changed to become more stable. 
C) Agriculture became widespread in response to rapid climate change. 
D) As the rate of climate change was reduced and allowed for a more variable environment,agriculture was made possible.

Question 4

By when did the domestication of wheat and barley spread to Greece?

Accepted Answer

A) after 1,000 yBP 
B) 2,000 to 1,000 yBP 
C) 15,000 to 11,000 yBP 
D) 8,000 to 7,000 yBP 
A) after 1,000 yBP 
B) 2,000 to 1,000 yBP 
C) 15,000 to 11,000 yBP 
D) 8,000 to 7,000 yBP

Question 5

What were populations producing at the same time dental caries in the New World increased?

Accepted Answer

A) nuts 
B) corn 
C) seeds 
D) animal protein 
A) nuts 
B) corn 
C) seeds 
D) animal protein

Question 6

What is the most recent of the most important adaptive transitions in hominin evolution?

Accepted Answer

A) the shift from foraging to farming 
B) having color depth perception 
C) a larger brain 
D) a change in the arm-to-leg ratio 
A) the shift from foraging to farming 
B) having color depth perception 
C) a larger brain 
D) a change in the arm-to-leg ratio

Question 7

Why did infectious disease become more common with the agricultural revolution?

Accepted Answer

A) An increase in mobility led to overcrowding. 
B) Sharing of agricultural food led to more foodborne disease. 
C) More people meant fewer health workers were available to reduce disease. 
D) An increase in sedentism led to overcrowding. 
A) An increase in mobility led to overcrowding. 
B) Sharing of agricultural food led to more foodborne disease. 
C) More people meant fewer health workers were available to reduce disease. 
D) An increase in sedentism led to overcrowding.

Question 8

With the rise of agriculture,what is the pattern of food acquisition and use?

Accepted Answer

A) Animal foods became increasingly important as overcrowding reduced land on which to grow plant foods. 
B) At the outset of agriculture,domestic animal food first became important,then declined as plant foods became more important. 
C) Plant foods replaced animal foods quickly as foraging rapidly gave way to agriculture. 
D) Plant foods continued to be used at a similar rate as agriculture was slowly adapted worldwide. 
A) Animal foods became increasingly important as overcrowding reduced land on which to grow plant foods. 
B) At the outset of agriculture,domestic animal food first became important,then declined as plant foods became more important. 
C) Plant foods replaced animal foods quickly as foraging rapidly gave way to agriculture. 
D) Plant foods continued to be used at a similar rate as agriculture was slowly adapted worldwide.

Question 9

Which of the following is the correct order in which plants were domesticated?

Accepted Answer

A) rye;African rice;peanuts 
B) African rice;emmer wheat;barley 
C) emmer wheat;Asian broomcorn millet;African rice 
D) maize;pearl millet;rye 
A) rye;African rice;peanuts 
B) African rice;emmer wheat;barley 
C) emmer wheat;Asian broomcorn millet;African rice 
D) maize;pearl millet;rye

Question 10

What effect did the advent of agriculture have on the level of interpersonal violence seen in the archaeological record?

Accepted Answer

A) Violence increased. 
B) Violence decreased. 
C) Violence stayed about the same. 
D) Intercultural violence increased. 
A) Violence increased. 
B) Violence decreased. 
C) Violence stayed about the same. 
D) Intercultural violence increased.

What two models discuss how innovations spread? By what mechanism did wheat spread from the Levant into Europe?

What does a round cross-section of a long bone suggest?

How is climate change likely related to the agricultural revolution?

By when did the domestication of wheat and barley spread to Greece?

What were populations producing at the same time dental caries in the New World increased?

What is the most recent of the most important adaptive transitions in hominin evolution?

Why did infectious disease become more common with the agricultural revolution?

With the rise of agriculture,what is the pattern of food acquisition and use?

Which of the following is the correct order in which plants were domesticated?

What effect did the advent of agriculture have on the level of interpersonal violence seen in the archaeological record?

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

What two models discuss how innovations spread? By what mechanism did wheat spread from the Levant into Europe?

What does a round cross-section of a long bone suggest?

How is climate change likely related to the agricultural revolution?

By when did the domestication of wheat and barley spread to Greece?

What were populations producing at the same time dental caries in the New World increased?

What is the most recent of the most important adaptive transitions in hominin evolution?

Why did infectious disease become more common with the agricultural revolution?

With the rise of agriculture,what is the pattern of food acquisition and use?

Which of the following is the correct order in which plants were domesticated?

What effect did the advent of agriculture have on the level of interpersonal violence seen in the archaeological record?

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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