anthropology

In the first generation of fruit flies, 72% have red eyes and 38% have black eyes. In the next generation, the number of red eyes in the fruit fly population went to 65%. The above is an example of...

microevolution

In DNA, this is a complementary base to Cytosine.

none of the above

The basic unit of DNA (and RNA) is a molecule entitled a...

nucleotide

The prehensile tail is found in...

platyrhines

Below, in this picture, this human and chimpanzee hand have an opposable _________.

pollex

This stage of growth and development includes the adolescent period.

postnatal

This is the assumption that the natural processes operating today are the same as those operating in the present.

Uniformitarianism

In RNA, this base replaces Thymine in DNA.

Uracil

Old world monkeys, apes, and humans have this dental formula.

2.1.2.3

With regards to the evolutionary relationship between sickle-cell anemia and malaria, which of these three genotypes is works as a benefit to reduce the risk of malarial infection/severity while not suffering from the full effects of sickle-cell disease?

AS

These are organic molecules combined in a specific sequence by the ribosomes to form a protein.

Amino Acids

This is defined as a "local population of organisms that have similar genetic material, interbreed, and produce offspring."

Deme

In a scientific experiment, the hypothesis is always supported by the results.

False

In most cases in nature, males will be choosier with mate selection because the cost of fertility is greater for males over females.

False

In science, a theory is equal to a hypothesis.

False

Natural Selection operates on the genotype of an organism.

False

Strepsirhines rely more on vision than Haplorhines.

False

The observation that Polar bears have shorter arms than Grizzly bears is an example of Bergmann's rule.

False

This effect, which is one form of genetic drift, suggests that a small group of a large parent population will pass on genetic material to the next generation.

Founder

This early anthropologist, of Jewish descent, was particularly focused on explaining human variation from an evidence-based perspective rather than a racial or ethnocentric one.

Franz Boas

This early zoologist devoted considerable effort to learning the anatomy, or structural makeup, of many kinds of animals

Georges Cuvier

Please match the appropriate answers to each matches correctly

In this group, females are in charge. They tend to use sociosexual behavior to alleviate tension Baboons an old world monkey that lives in a strict, hierarchal system Savannah baboons a monogamous ape that is completely arboreal Gibbons an Asian ape that is considered one of the most intelligent mammals on earth Orangutans

In your text, this French naturalist was the first to propose the notion of inherited characteristics. Ultimately, his overall concept was incorrect, but important for our understanding of the progression of Darwin's theory at a later time.

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

A kangaroo is an example of this type of mammal...

Marsupial

This important organelle, outside the nucleus, that includes its own, independent, DNA.

Mitochondria

Mutagens are responsible for some of the mutations that occur.

Mutagens are responsible for some of the mutations that occur

In our Human Variation lecture, I mentioned the various reasons as to why some deleterious (negative) traits stay in a population. Of the 5 examples listed, which would be the best fit for the following statement: "Some researchers have proposed that the relatively high frequency in European populations of the allele causing cystic fibrosis is a historical holdover from a time when cholera was more rampant in these populations. It is proposed that carrying the cystic fibrosis allele provided some resistance to cholera and so increased in frequency in earlier European populations. Now that these developed nations are no longer threatened by cholera and the selective environment has changed, natural selection may be slowly weeding the cystic fibrosis allele out of those populations."

Natural Selection may not have had the time to remove them yet

In the ABO blood system, this phenotype is considered recessive.

O

This is the only trait that unites all extinct and current living primates.

Petrosal bulla

As stated in "On the Origin of Species", there are three primary observations. This is one of the three...

Population growth and food supply

These are two classes of bases in DNA

Purines and Pyrimidines

Human birth weight, from a global perspective, is an example of this pattern of natural selection.

Stabilizing

This primate (pictured) belongs in this clade (suborder):

Strepsirhine

This is a distinct characteristic found in most primates.

This is a distinct characteristic found in most primates.

All lemurs are found native to Madagascar.

True

All nonhuman primates are quadrapeds.

True

Behavioral science is a TRUE science.

True

During protein synthesis, mRNA attaches free-floating bases to the exposed, unpaired DNA nitrogen bases.

True

Grooming is an important affiliative (socially cohesive) behavior amongst nonhuman primates.

True

Humans are primates.

True

Most nonhuman primates live in polygynous pairs.

True

Osteoporosis is often due to age.

True

Other primates, such as Orangutans and Capuchin monkeys, are able to use tools.

True

Qualitative methods can include focus groups and interviews.

True

The clade Haplorhini includes gorillas.

True

Translocations are rare instances that occur during meiosis.

True

Wallace's family, unlike Darwin's originated from a working class background.

True

This is one of the four fields of anthropology.

all of the above (Forensic, Linguistic, Sociological)

In science, a "theory" is often considered....

all of the above (a set of hypotheses that have been rigorously tested and validated, grounded in a great deal of evidence, a scientific valid explanation for a natural phenomena)

Mutations...

all of the above (are one of the four forces of evolution, are the only sources of new alleles in a population, occur at random)

According to anthropologists, aging is...

all of the above (biological, cultural, social)

Amongst some primates, it is clear that tool use is...

all of the above (cultural, learned, socially inherited)

This is the greatest threat to all nonhuman primates.

all of the above (deforestation, habitat destruction, humans in general)

According to your text, race...

all the above

If I wanted to study the influence that aggressive behavior has on male chimpanzee reproductive success, you may be focused on this type of genetics.

behavioral

When using the comparative perspective to study nonhuman animals, we examine one species while...

comparing it to others that are related to the one we are studying

In the prenatal stage, there are three trimesters. The _____ is highly susceptible to damage from harmful agents.

embryo

In lecture and text, when a human group shares a language and culture, this is known as _________.

ethnicity

This is the rate of growth per year, and tends to be fastest in infancy.

growth velocity

Ethologists typically study animals...

in the animal's native habitat