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Physical anthropologists seek to: - Answer-study humans from a biological and cultural
perspective
The two concepts that best explain physical anthropology are that: - Answer-every
person is a product of evolutionary history and each of us is the product of our own
individual life histories
The scientific method: - Answer-involves empirical data collection and hypothesis
testing.
A hypothesis: - Answer-is an attempt to explain observations and predict future scientific
results.
Bipedalism is considered one of the hallmarks of hominin evolution because: - Answer-it
was the first evolutionary development that distinguished humans from other primates
How is a theory different from a hypothesis? - Answer-A theory is an explanation relying
on careful examination and has been tested.
How has the environment influenced human biology? - Answer-Changes in the climate
produce changes in the environment resulting in changes in human biology through
diet.
Anthropology views humans as both: - Answer-biological and cultural beings
The four branches of anthropology are: - Answer-physical (or biological),
archaeological, cultural, and linguistic.
Boas laid the foundation for scientific anthropology by: - Answer-relying on the scientific
method.
Adaptive radiation occurs when: - Answer-one species produces multiple closely related
species.
Uniformitarianism is the theory that: - Answer-the natural processes operating today are
the same as the natural processes that operated in the past.
Darwinian evolution proposes that: - Answer-species adapt and change over time based
on the environment.
, According to Darwin, natural selection operates at the level of: - Answer-individuals
Evolutionary synthesis is: - Answer-the melding of natural selection and Mendelian
inheritance.
six key attributes that make humans unique relative to other species. - Answer-
bipedalism, nonhoning chewing, complex material culture and tool use, hunting, speech,
and dependence on domesticated food.
The only source of new genetic material is: - Answer-mutation
Mendel's plant hybridization experiments demonstrated that: - Answer-traits inherited
from each parent remained distinct in the off spring.
A variant of a gene is known as a/an - Answer-Allele
Evolution based on the relative reproductive success of individuals within a species due
to the individual's adaptive fitness is known as: - Answer-Natural Selection
The arrangement of rock and sediments in sequential layers is known as - Answer-
Stratigraphy
The chemical or physical results of the genetic code (in other words, the expression of
alleles) is known as: - Answer-Phenotype
The exchange of genes among populations through interbreeding is known as: -
Answer-Gene flow
The molecules that make cells and carry out cellular functions are - Answer-Proteins
Which of the following statements about mutations is NOT true? - Answer-They are
always harmful.
Linnaean classification of Humans - Answer-Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Primates
Hominidae
Homo
sapiens
Nucleotide bases in nuclear DNA include all of the following EXCEPT: - Answer-uracil
Somatic cells include all of the following, EXCEPT - Answer-Gametes
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