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Anthropology 105 Exam 3 Latest Update Graded A+
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Anthropology 105 Exam 3 Latest Update 
 
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Chronology of Hominin Evolution: Miocene (23 - 5 m.y.a.) (Tertiary Period) 
 
Chronology of Hominin Evolution: Pleistocene (2 m.y.a. to 10,000 BP) (Ice ages) 
 
Chronology of Hominin Evolution: Recent (10,000 BP to present 
 
The most important epochs for study of hominin evolution are the? Miocene, Pleistocene, 
Recent 
 
Hominin: Term Term hominin used to designate the human line after its split from ancestral 
chimps 
 
Definition: Hominid...
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ANTHROPOLOGY 201 TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY EXAM 2 2024
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Biological evidence commonly used to account change in human species - correct answer Size and shape of skull 
 
When did the first mammals appear? - correct answer Over 200 million years ago 
 
Continental drift - correct answer Movement of the earth's surface over time due to plate tectonics 
 
When was the appearance of diurnal anthropoids? - correct answer About 40 million years ago 
 
What continents joined to form Laurasia? - correct answer North America, Europe, and Asia 
 
Geological pe...
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VME Weeks 1-4|171 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Updated 2024
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Paleocene - ️️An epoch of the Paleogene period, 65.5 to 55.8 MYA where Order Sirenia emerged from Tethytheria 
 
Eocene - ️️An epoch of the Paleogene period, 55.8 to 33.9 MYA where Pezosiren portelli and the first Mediterranean Tethys- Paratethys ancestors of sirenians emerged; much warmer climate than today 
 
Oligocene - ️️An epoch of the Paleogene period, 33.9 to 23 MYA where Family Trichechidae, Subfamily Miosireninae, Trichechinae, and Digonginae were thought to emerge, Halither...
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ASB 222 TOP Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Earth ageAbout 4.6 billion years 
Universe10 billion years 
PrecambrianFirst major era of geological time, extending from the origins of earth to 
about 600 m.y.a 
PaleozoicThe appearance of the first vertebrate species: fish and amphibians 
Mesozoic eraAround 245 mya. The age of dinosaurs 
CenozoicPeriod of extinction, our current era. Divided into 7 epochs: 
Epochs (discussed on page 4)There are 7 epochs: Holocene, pleistocene, pliocene, 
miocene, oligocene, eocene, and paleocene (in order f...
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ANTHROPOLOGY EXAM 3 WVU WITH 
 
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what makes us human? Bipedalism, brains, skulls, Childhood dependency, tools, teeth 
 
biopedalism stresses the advantages it provided in a habitat increasingly dominated by dry, 
savanna-like conditions. 
 
Brains and skulls Early hominins had very small brains, Brain size has increased during 
hominin evolution, especially with the advent of the genus Homo. 
 
Childhood dependency Compared with the young of other primates, human children h...
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ASM 246 Arizona State University -asm246 week 3 correctly answered
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ASM 246 Arizona State University -asm246 week 3 correctly answeredWhich of the following is considered by many to be an early anthropoid? - correct answer Eosimias 
 
True or false? Fossils of some of the earliest euprimates (i.e., true primates) have been discovered in North America - correct answer true 
 
Which of the following describes the dental formula of Aegyptopithecus from the Fayum? - correct answer 2123/2123 
 
The ring of bone that closes the lateral (i.e., outer side) of the orbit ...
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History of Life UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Era (youngest to oldest)Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Proterozoic, Archean, Hadean 
Period (youngest to oldest)Quaternary, Neogene, Paleogene, Cretaceous, Jurassic, 
Triassic, Permian, Carboniferous, Devonian, Silurian, Ordovician, Cambrian, Ediacaran 
Epoch (youngest to oldest)Holocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Miocene, Oligocene, 
Eocene, Paleocene 
Principle of Superpositionolder rocks will be on the bottom while younger rocks will be 
on the top, can be used to get a rough estimate of time...
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Anthropology 101 Inquisitive Chapter 9 with 100% correct answers
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Anthropology 101 Inquisitive Chapter 9 
Match each hypothesis about the evolution of unique primate traits to the scientist(s) who proposed it. - correct answer -Sir Grafton Elliot Smith and Frederic Wood Jones: arboreal hypothesis 
 
-Matt Cartmill: visual predation hypothesis 
 
-Robert Susan: angiosperm radiation hypothesis 
 
Match each taxonomic group of early haplorhine primates to its description. - correct answer -Propliopithecids: This is a somewhat diverse group of fossil primates. Alt...
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BIO 1M03 Test 2 Questions And Answers
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BIO 1M03 Test 2 Questions And Answers 
 
 
 
Angiosperm - ANS -flowering plant 
-has seeds with casing 
-has endosperm in seeds 
-fruit 
-most diverse 
 
Radiometric methods of dating - ANS -K/Ar (lava, 500K+ years) 
-C14 (conversion to N14, 40K yrs) 
-Thermoluminescence (burning) 
-Electron spin (teeth) 
-Uranium Lead (mineral deposits) 
 
Relative methods of dating - ANS -magnetic reversals 
-extinct and distinct species 
 
Primate - ANS -climbing/locomotion adaptations 
-big brain...
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BIOL 102 Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers Latest Update 2024-2025 (Graded)
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BIOL 102 Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers Latest Update (Graded) Nine months after Krakatau errupted a spider was found on the island. Wilson suggested it arrived 
at the island by - ANSWER flying/ Ballooning 
Which species group did Wilson suggests were in dynamic equilibrium a hundred years after the 
erruption. - ANSWER Birds 
Which extinction event is associated with the disapperance of the dinosaurs? - ANSWER 
Cretaceous 
Multicelluar life is recorded in the fossil record beginnin...
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