Question 1

Which of the following is not true about human childhood?

Accepted Answer

A)  Humans have unusually long childhoods. 
B)  Childhood is key to the learning in humans. 
C)  It is defined as the time between weaning and puberty. 
D)  It is an extremely short stage of human life. 
E)  It is a vulnerable stage of human development. 
A)  Humans have unusually long childhoods. 
B)  Childhood is key to the learning in humans. 
C)  It is defined as the time between weaning and puberty. 
D)  It is an extremely short stage of human life. 
E)  It is a vulnerable stage of human development.

Question 2

What are some of the explanations for the recent trend toward a lower age of menarche?

Accepted Answer

There are several explanations for the r

Question 3

The prenatal life cycle phase begins with conception and ends at weaning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Most anthropologists agree that human populations are not evolving anymore.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What is the term for a female's first menstruation?

Accepted Answer

A)  menopause 
B)  menarche 
C)  andropause 
D)  andrenarche 
E)  cyclopause 
A)  menopause 
B)  menarche 
C)  andropause 
D)  andrenarche 
E)  cyclopause

Question 6

What are the consequences of the tremendous changes in the environment, some of which you have seen in your own lifetime?

Accepted Answer

The consequences of the tremendous chang

Question 7

What is the term for the period following the last menstrual cycle in human women?

Accepted Answer

A)  menarche 
B)  menopause 
C)  adrenarche 
D)  egg-pause 
E)  cyclopause 
A)  menarche 
B)  menopause 
C)  adrenarche 
D)  egg-pause 
E)  cyclopause

Question 8

Infectious diseases have their greatest effect on growth and development during which life phase?

Accepted Answer

A)  adulthood 
B)  menopause 
C)  the postreproductive years 
D)  childhood 
E)  senescence 
A)  adulthood 
B)  menopause 
C)  the postreproductive years 
D)  childhood 
E)  senescence

Question 9

Explain the way a woman's diet during pregnancy can have an impact on her future child and grandchildren.

Accepted Answer

A woman's diet during pregnancy can have

Question 10

Humans have unusually short childhoods, reflecting the importance of learning in our species.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Environmental factors

Accepted Answer

A)  have no effect on growth and development 
B)  have not been studied in regards to their effects on growth and development 
C)  definitely have effects on growth and development 
D)  always have negative effects on growth 
E)  call into question any effect of hormone glands 
A)  have no effect on growth and development 
B)  have not been studied in regards to their effects on growth and development 
C)  definitely have effects on growth and development 
D)  always have negative effects on growth 
E)  call into question any effect of hormone glands

Question 12

What are pleiotropic genes and what do they help us to understand?

Accepted Answer

Pleiotropic genes are genes that have mu

Which of the following is not true about human childhood?

What are some of the explanations for the recent trend toward a lower age of menarche?

The prenatal life cycle phase begins with conception and ends at weaning.

Most anthropologists agree that human populations are not evolving anymore.

What is the term for a female's first menstruation?

What are the consequences of the tremendous changes in the environment, some of which you have seen in your own lifetime?

What is the term for the period following the last menstrual cycle in human women?

Infectious diseases have their greatest effect on growth and development during which life phase?

Explain the way a woman's diet during pregnancy can have an impact on her future child and grandchildren.

Humans have unusually short childhoods, reflecting the importance of learning in our species.

Environmental factors

What are pleiotropic genes and what do they help us to understand?

Introduction to Physical Anthropology

The Development of Evolutionary Theory

The Biological Basis of Life Connections

Heredity and Evolution

Processes of Macroevolution

An Overview of the Primates

Primate Behavior

Primate and Hominin Origins

The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo Erectus and Contemporaries

Premodern Humans

The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans

Human Variation and Adaptation

The Human Disconnection

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Exam 13: Legacies of Human Evolutionary History: Effects on the Individual

Which of the following is not true about human childhood?

What are some of the explanations for the recent trend toward a lower age of menarche?

The prenatal life cycle phase begins with conception and ends at weaning.

Most anthropologists agree that human populations are not evolving anymore.

What is the term for a female's first menstruation?

What are the consequences of the tremendous changes in the environment, some of which you have seen in your own lifetime?

What is the term for the period following the last menstrual cycle in human women?

Infectious diseases have their greatest effect on growth and development during which life phase?

Explain the way a woman's diet during pregnancy can have an impact on her future child and grandchildren.

Humans have unusually short childhoods, reflecting the importance of learning in our species.

Environmental factors

What are pleiotropic genes and what do they help us to understand?

Introduction to Physical Anthropology

The Development of Evolutionary Theory

The Biological Basis of Life Connections

Heredity and Evolution

Processes of Macroevolution

An Overview of the Primates

Primate Behavior

Primate and Hominin Origins

The First Dispersal of the Genus Homo: Homo Erectus and Contemporaries

Premodern Humans

The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans

Human Variation and Adaptation

The Human Disconnection

Filters