ANT QUIZZES Flashcards
EVO QUIZ 1: Which of the following is/are research disciplines in evolutionary anthropology?
A. All are research disciplines in evolutionary anthropology
B. Medical Anthropology
C. Primatology
D. Paleoanthropology
E. Human Variation
A. All are research disciplines in evolutionary anthropology,
Medical Anthropology
Primatology
Paleoanthropology
Human Variation
EVO QUIZ 1:______________ is focused on determining the age, sex, stature, ancestry, and any trauma or disease of recently deceased humans.
A. Stratigraphy
B. Primatology
C. Forensic Anthropology
D. Paleoanthropology
C. Forensic Anthropology
EVO QUIZ 1:Which of the following individuals is credited with providing the framework for the first, comprehensive classification system for living organisms?
A. Carolus Linnaeus
B. Charles Darwin
D. George-Louis Leclerc
E. Jean-Baptitse Lamarck
A. Carolus Linnaeus
EVO QUIZ 1:True or False: Charles Darwin developed and employed in his writings the idea we call, “Survival of the Fittest”
False
EVO QUIZ 2: ______________ is/are the most important part of using and understanding phylogenetic trees.
A. The tips
B. Nodes
C. Branch typology
D. The root
C. Branch typology
EVO QUIZ 2: A ______________ is a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes
A. ribosome
B. mRNA
C. chromosome
D. tRNA
C. chromosome
EVO QUIZ 2: Prof Lehman showed a video that revealed some fantastic examples of adaptation in:
A. whales
B. parasitic wasps
C. primates
D. spiders
B. parasitic wasps
EVO QUIZ 2: Prof Lehman showed a video that revealed just how quickly adaptations can occur in:
A. HIV for generic drugs
B. moths for pollution
C. bacteria for antibiotic resistance
D. humans to cancer cells
C. bacteria for antibiotic resistance
EVO QUIZ 3: true or false:
Most small-bodied primates eat leaves
false
EVO QUIZ 3: In Madagascar, research conducted by Prof Lehman and his students involves safe capture and release of:
A. mouse lemurs
B. tarsiers
C. monkeys
D.gorillas
B: tarsiers
EVO QUIZ 3: true or false:
Economic hunting of primates is a sustainable form of resource use in primate-source countries
false
EVO QUIZ 4:true or false:
The first primates evolved during the Miocene in Africa
false
EVO QUIZ 4: Based on their dental morphology, we hypothesize that plesiadapids mostly ate:
A. meat and fruit
B. fruits and leaves
C. insects and seeds
D. flowers and tree bark
C. insects and seeds
EVI QUIZ 4: true or false:
Gorillas are in the taxonomic tribe Hominini
false
EVO QUIZ 4: true or false:
Australopithecus sediba had a more human-like than ape-like pelvis
true
EVO QUIZ 5: true or false: We believe that the first species in the genus Homo evolved in Africa.
true
EVI QUIZ 5: true or false:
The replacement hypothesis suggests that H. sapiens is an evolutionary dead end.
false
EVO QUIZ 5: true or false:
Denisovans are likely sister taxa to Neanderthals.
true
EVO QUIZ 5: true or false:
Melanin is involved in the synthesis of vitamin Z.
false
EVO QUIZ 6/ARCH QUIZ 1: true or false:
Humans only exist as males or females.
false
EVO QUIZ 6/ARCH QUIZ 1: true or false:
The anti-vaccination movement is correct in asserting that getting preventable diseases, such as measles and whooping cough, are always good for you.
false
EVO QUIZ 6/ARCH QUIZ 1:
The obesity crisis is particularly evident in people in ______________ and _______________.
A. Saudi Arabia, Polynesian Islands
B. Japan, South Korea
C. Greece, Uganda
D. Madagascar, Guyana
A. Saudi Arabia, Polynesian Islands
EVO QUIZ 6/ARCH QUIZ 1: The law of superposition states that:
A. That in any undisturbed depositional sequence, each layer is younger than the layer beneath it.
B. That in any undisturbed depositional sequence, each layer is older than the layer beneath it.
C. None of the above
D. That in any undisturbed sequence, each layer is younger than the layer beneath it.
A. That in any undisturbed depositional sequence, each layer is younger than the layer beneath it.
B. is only true in a depositional context
EVO QUIZ 6/ARCH QUIZ 1:
Lewis Binford argued that archaeologists can:
A. Infer past dynamics based on observations made on static objects existing in the present.
B. Play an important role in contemporary society by engaging with local communities to understand the meaning they attach to archaeological remains
C. Directly observe activities taking place in the past
D. Animate objects that exist in the present to provide direct access to the past.
A. Infer past dynamics based on observations made on static objects existing in the present.
