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Anthropology Exam 1 (Bio Anthro) Questions and Answers
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Anthropology Exam 1 (Bio Anthro)Questions and Answers
Adaptations are (blank). - Answer-Phenotypic traits that increase an organism's
reproductive success
Because sickle cell anemia is an autosomal recessive disease, there is a _(Blank)____
% chance that the child of two carriers will have the disease (ie. will be homozygous
recessive). - Answer-25%
We heard in lecture about Gould's "punctuated equilibrium" theory, which suggests that:
- Answer-Most species have a relatively stable form which then evolves relatively
quickly into a new form
People with darker skin cannot synthesize (blank) as efficiently as people with lighter
skin. - Answer-Vitamin D
"Race" is: - Answer-Culturally constructed
Which of the following is a difference between chimps and bonobos? - Answer-Bonobos
use sex as social communication.
After September 11, 2001, (blank) helped to identify the remains of the victims to bring
closure to grieving families: - Answer-Forensic anthropologists (including underwater
archaeologists)
The biological anthropologist most likely to be investigating at a crime scene is a(n)
(blank). - Answer-forensic anthropologist
Marean argues that a small group of southern African H. sapiens expanded to conquer
the world because they, more than others, had evolved: - Answer-All of these:
1. The ability to ruthlessly compete with and even exterminate the other groups they
encountered.
2. The ability to cooperate within their group to defend densely packed resources like
shellfish beds.
3. The ability to make and use projectile weapons for hunting and fighting
Biological anthropologist Frank Livingstone believed that the Asian mutation of
hemoglobin E has not penetrated very far into sub-Saharan Africa because: - Answer-
hemoglobin S already provided some resistance to malaria in that region, and so while
not perfect, it was "good enough" to slow the spread of HbE
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