1. Siphoning of wetlands in iraq has led to _______.
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Them becoming arid desert
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2. Fertilizer in waterways can lead to an increase in _______.
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All of the above
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3. Stimulants such as cocaine produce euphoria because they ______.
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Block the re-uptake of dopamine in the brain
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4. Thick dental enamel in ________ helps with crushing food.
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Australopithecines
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5. Gigantopithecus stood ________ feet tall and weighed ________ pounds.
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Ten;660
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6. Fossils from _______ suggest that people lived there around 14,000 to 9,000 ya.
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Kow Cave
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7. Along with other distinct traits a robust australopithecine had ________ adapted for grinding food.
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Both a and b
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8. The most recent period of the Paleolithic, defined by archaeologists on the basis of changes in stone tool technology, as well as other technological innovations is known as_____
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Both a and b
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9. The paleoanthropological theory that Homo sapiens evolved in one world area and then expanded, replacing regional populations of earlier hominids is known as Replacement Model.
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True
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10. Natural Selection is a theory presented by _____ that nature or environmental circumstances determine which characteristics are essential for survival. Individuals with these characteristics survive and pass them on to their offspring.
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Both a and b
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11. Multiregional Evolutionary Model is the view that Homo sapiens evolved from _____ concurrently in different regions of the world.
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Homo erectus
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12. Mousterian Tradition is the middle _____ stone tool tradition associated with Neandertals in Europe.
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Paleolithic
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13. Hybridization and Assimilation Model refers to models of the evolution of anatomically modern humans that allow for varying degrees of gene flow between Homo sapiens and earlier populations of _____ via gene flow or genetic admixture.
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Archaic Homo sapiens
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14. In taxonomic classification, Hominins refers to members of the Hominini tribe of subfamily Homininae, which includes _____
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Both a and b
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15. The study of _____ is called Genetics.
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Genes
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16. Genes are discrete units of hereditary information that determine specific _____ characteristics of organisms.
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Physical
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17. Evolution is the process of change within the_____ of a species over time.
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Genetic makeup
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18. Denisovans share a common origin with Neandertals, and that they interbred with the ancestors of modern-day _____
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Both a and b
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19. Mitochondrial DNA and genomic data from bones dating between 30,000 and 48,000 years ago revealed a genetic pattern in denisovans unlike that found in _____
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Both a and c
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20. Denisovans is a previously unknown species or subspecies of hominin identified on the basis of genetic material recovered from hominin bones discovered in Denisova cave in Siberia and _____
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Russia
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21. Cosmologies refer to the ideas that present the _____ as an orderly system.
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Universe
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22. Tools, such as harpoons or spears, made from several components are known as_____
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Composite Tool
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23. Bipedalism is the ability to walk erect on _____
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Two hind legs
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24. The Neanderthal burial at Shanidar, Iraq, suggests which of the following?
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The individual buried there was cared for and recovered after a severe injury to the head.
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25. Thomas Malthus’ observation that population growth outpaces available resources contributed directly to the discovery of which force of evolution?
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Natural selection
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26. Archaeologists and paleoanthropologists estimate that humans first migrated to the Americas about ______ years ago.
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40,000
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27. Which of the following was likely an important adaptive benefit of light skin, appearing in Europeans around 29,000 years ago?
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The ability to synthesize vitamin D from ultraviolet radiation.
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28. By far, ______ distinguishes hominins from other members of the order Primates.
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Bipedalism
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29. Homo erectus, the first hominin to migrate out of Africa during the Pleistocene, was able to adapt to varied climates through ______.
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The control of fire
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30. Which of the following archaic human populations was contemporaneous with modern human and Neanderthal between 30,000 and 48,000 years ago?
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Denisovans
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31. How did early members of the genus Homo differ from australopithecines?
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They had larger brains.
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32. The lack of innovation in Acheulian technology for more than one million years indicates a lack of intelligence among H. erectus.
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False
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