ANTH 305 Quiz 1

What is the field in anthropology that looks at culture mainly through material remains?

Archaeology

How could collecting different kinds of beetles or butterflies help you understand evolution by natural selection?

Because it would make you wonder why there's so much variation and the purpose of that variation in terms of survival and reproduction.

Who gave us our name, Homo sapiens?

Carolus Linnaeus

Who was the Scottish geologist who actually knew Darwin?

Charles Lyell

Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin both came up with the theory of evolution by natural selection.

True

Forensic anthropology is applied biological anthropology.

True

Who was the "Mystery Monkey" and what point did Lieberman (author of your text) make about it?

a macaque who adapted quickly to a new environment

To refer to evolutionary "theory" as a "theory" means that it

has been well supported by scientific testing.

Anthropological linguistics is the study of

language in a social and cultural context.

When some of the people in "Darwin's iceberg" spoke of the "fixity of species" they meant that

species were created perfectly, and never changed.

Biological evolution can be best defined as:

the change in the gene frequency of a population over time.

What is the best definition for "Evolutionary Health" (or "evolutionary medicine), of those listed here?

the study of the patterns and distributions of disease within an evolutinonary context

What is the main point in the Undark article, "Speaking of Evolution, in Non-Threatening Tones?"

to change the national rhetoric on evolution from a roiling debate to a much more positive conversation

The best definition of natural selection is:

traits that lead to increased survival and reproduction will be passed on

If you're a dark gray moth on an English birch tree with a white trunk, you

will probably not pass on your genes to the next generation.

How many years total did Alfred Russel Wallace spend in the field as a naturalist, compared to Darwin's years in the field?

12 to 5

Before Darwin, what did most people in Europe generally believe about the natural world?

Each species was unchanged since the moment of its creation.

Lamarck's idea about biological evolution contained both correct notions and incorrect ones. Which of his ideas is really correct?

Evolution is related to changes in adaptation to the environment.

Evolutionary health is one of the four main fields in the discipline of anthropology.

False

If you are a true cultural relativist, you must

not judge other cultures based on your own.