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 A105 Human Origins and Prehistory
A105 Quiz 1 Answer Key

Correct answers to the questions are italicized.  The answers given for the fill in the blank questions are the most direct phrasing; many of you received credit for answers that were worded differently.
 

 1. Evolution is defined as change through time in?
 Genes, genetic structure, allele frequency -- all were acceptable answers.

2.  Which two subfields of anthropology are used most in studying human origins?
 A. primatology and archaeology
 B. sociocultural and biological anthropology
 C. archaeology and biological anthropology
 D. linguistic and sociocultural anthropology

3. The two ideas that were obstacles to Darwin's theory were fixity of species and (use a two-word phrase)?
                         Young earth

4. According to Plato, we see variation in living things because:
 A. genotypic variation causes phenotypic variation
 B. living things are imperfect copies of ideals that exist elsewhere
 C. God wanted there to be variation
 D. people have bred them to look certain ways, but they aren't very good at it

5.  How many subfields are there in anthropology?
         Four

6. Someone who has two different alleles for a trait is said to be?
            Heterozygous (a heterozygote)

7.  The study of past human behavior as evidenced by cultural remains is called?
          Archaeology

8.  Primatology is the study of
 A. human evolution
 B. skeletal material
 C. disease in earlier human groups
 D. nonhuman primates

9.  Who of the following use anthropological techniques to assist in crime investigations and to identify skeletal remains in cases of disaster?
 A. palaeoanthropologists
 B. primatologists
 C. forensic anthropologists
 D. archaeologists

10.  Which of the following is the subdiscipline of osteology that is concerned with disease and trauma in earlier populations?
 A. paleopathology
 B. palaeoanthropology
 C. forensic anthropology
 D. sociocultural anthropology

11. The study of human evolution from the fossil and archaeological record is called?
      Palaeoanthropology

12.  A hypothesis
 A. is a statement that has been proven.
 B. is the same thing as a theory.
 C. cannot be disproved.
 D. is a provisional statement dealing with scientific facts.

13.  Who developed the binomial system of classifying biological organisms?
 A.  Lamarck
 B.  Linnaeus
 C.  Cuvier
 D.  Darwin

14.  The belief that species do not change but are the same as when first created is known as
 A. uniformitarianism
 B. the Grand Design
 C. fixity of species
 D. natural selection

15.  The concept of ranking life into a fixed scale is called the?
         Great Chain of Being

16.  Which of these was an 18th century scientist who believed that living things changed in response to the environment?
 A. Buffon
 B. Erasmus Darwin
 C. Cuvier
 D. John Ray

17.  Who postulated that characteristics acquired during an individual's lifetime could be passed on to his/her offspring (last name only)?
             Lamarck

18.  Lyell's "Principles of Geology" postulated which of these theories?
 A. catastrophism
 B. inheritance of acquired characteristics
 C. uniformitarianism
 D. particulate inheritance

19.  Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection
 A. was developed while he was still on board the Beagle
 B. was published immediately after it was formulated
 C. was not published until another researcher came up with a similar idea
 D. did not excite any controversy

20.  Which of the following is true of selective pressures?
 A. They are not related to production of adaptations.
 B. They remain constant.
 C. They are directionless and random.
 D. They are a function of the environment.

21.  The evolutionary concept of fitness refers to an individual's?
 Relative reproductive success/genetic contribution to the next generation

22.   Who first realized that species could be distinguished from one another by their ability to reproduce?
 A. Darwin
 B. John Ray
 C. Linnaeus
 D. Mayr

23.  The two types of cells in our bodies are somatic cells and?
             Gametes or sex cells

24.  Which of these is NOT true of meiosis?
 A. Meiosis produces gametes.
 B. Meiosis produces cells with only half the original amount of genetic material.
 C. Meiosis produces cells with exactly the same amount of DNA as original cell.
 D. There are two cell divisions.

25.  The two suborders in the order Primates are Prosimii and
              Anthropoidea