Human Evolution MCQ

Siphoning of wetlands in iraq has led to _______.

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Correct Answer: Them becoming arid desert

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Fertilizer in waterways can lead to an increase in _______.

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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Stimulants such as cocaine produce euphoria because they ______.

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Correct Answer: Block the re-uptake of dopamine in the brain

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Thick dental enamel in ________ helps with crushing food.

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Correct Answer: Australopithecines

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Gigantopithecus stood ________ feet tall and weighed ________ pounds.

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Correct Answer: Ten;660

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Fossils from _______ suggest that people lived there around 14,000 to 9,000 ya.

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Correct Answer: Kow Cave

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Along with other distinct traits a robust australopithecine had ________ adapted for grinding food.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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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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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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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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Correct Answer: True

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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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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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Multiregional Evolutionary Model is the view that Homo sapiens evolved from _____ concurrently in different regions of the world.

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Correct Answer: Homo erectus

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Mousterian Tradition is the middle _____ stone tool tradition associated with Neandertals in Europe.

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Correct Answer: Paleolithic

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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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Correct Answer: Archaic Homo sapiens

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In taxonomic classification, Hominins refers to members of the Hominini tribe of subfamily Homininae, which includes _____

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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The study of _____ is called Genetics.

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Correct Answer: Genes

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Genes are discrete units of hereditary information that determine specific _____ characteristics of organisms.

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Correct Answer: Physical

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Evolution is the process of change within the_____ of a species over time.

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Correct Answer: Genetic makeup

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Denisovans share a common origin with Neandertals, and that they interbred with the ancestors of modern-day _____

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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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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Correct Answer: Both a and c

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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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Correct Answer: Russia

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Cosmologies refer to the ideas that present the _____ as an orderly system.

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Correct Answer: Universe

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Tools, such as harpoons or spears, made from several components are known as_____

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Correct Answer: Composite Tool

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Bipedalism is the ability to walk erect on _____

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Correct Answer: Two hind legs

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The Neanderthal burial at Shanidar, Iraq, suggests which of the following?

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Correct Answer: The individual buried there was cared for and recovered after a severe injury to the head.

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Thomas Malthus’ observation that population growth outpaces available resources contributed directly to the discovery of which force of evolution?

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Correct Answer: Natural selection

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Archaeologists and paleoanthropologists estimate that humans first migrated to the Americas about ______ years ago.

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Correct Answer: 40,000

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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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Correct Answer: The ability to synthesize vitamin D from ultraviolet radiation.

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By far, ______ distinguishes hominins from other members of the order Primates.

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Correct Answer: Bipedalism

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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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Correct Answer: The control of fire

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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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Correct Answer: Denisovans

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How did early members of the genus Homo differ from australopithecines?

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Correct Answer: They had larger brains.

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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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Correct Answer: False

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