Quiz 11

Question 1

T/F Long adolescence is a change in life history that has appeared in modern industrial
societies within the past few centuries.

Answer 1

T

Question 2

T/F Lifespan can be considered to be an adaptation.

Answer 2

T

Question 3

T/F Menopause is more common in monkeys than in apes.

Answer 3

F

Question 4

T/F Sexual differentiation of the genitals is primarily determined by male-specific and female
specific genes on the Y and X chromosomes, respectively.

Answer 4

F

Question 5

T/F Lifespan in many species can be significantly extended by restricting food intake.

Answer 5

T

Question 6

Human life history is unusual relative to other primates because humans …

a. are more precocial at birth than most other primates.
b. have a reduced gestation length (length of pregnancy).
c. live much longer than predicted from body size for a primate.
d. have an unusually low metabolic rate for their body size
e. have a lifespan that is abnormally extended due to medicine

Answer 6

C/E

Question 7

Human life history is unusual relative to other primates because humans …

a. are more precocial at birth than most other primates.
b. have a reduced gestation length (length of pregnancy).
c. live much longer than predicted from body size for a primate.
d. have an unusually low metabolic rate for their body size
e. have a lifespan that is abnormally extended due to medicine

Answer 7

C

Question 8

Lactose tolerance is quite common in some human populations but not others. It apparently evolved fairly recently (likely within the past 10,000 years) in these populations.

a. Name a continent where it is likely to be common.
b. Name a continent where it is likely to be uncommon. c. What selection pressures were likely responsible for this difference?
d. Is lactose tolerance a “niche construction” effect?

Answer 8

a) Lactose tolerance is common in Europe.
b) Lactose tolerance is uncommon in Asia.
c)
d)